Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Brodie and Suarez-Moré)
Man-woman relationship Greece Athens Drama.
Television
Shakespeare's comedy about a group of lovers so irresponsible in their actions that their freakish behavior can be explained only by the intervention of supernatural beings.
Ballet in two acts and six scenes, based on the play by William Shakespeare.
An enchanting drama of the impetuous yearnings of love among mere mortals, especially when the woodland's elves and fairies intervene.
Two pairs of lovers remedy their problems with fairy help at midnight in the woods of Athens. One of the most ambitious projects undertaken by Warners in the 1930's, this production is the only sound film by Max Reinhardt who made the film with his disciple, William Dieterle. This adaptation of Shakespeare's play is characterized by sumptuous sets, soft photography and lighting designed to produce a romantic, magical quality. The ballet dream sequence was the collaborative effort of Reinhardt, the Ballet Mistress of the Paris Opera, Nijinsky and cinematographer Hal Mohr. (Does not circulate).
Comedy
Feature films
Midsummer night's dream
Ballet based on the play of the same title by William Shakespeare.
Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies, have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get the boy from her by using some magic. Lysander and Hermina meet in the forest. Helena and Demetrius are there as well. There are actors practicing a play for the upcoming wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit more confused.
Midsummer night's dream (Motion picture : 1935)
Comedy films
Adaptations
A midsummer night's dream
The story follows the trail of a pair of young lovers, Hermia & Lysander, who take refuge in the forest to escaped the wrath of the duke of Athens.
Video
Ballets
Drama
Ballet created and choreographed by George Balanchine to selections from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music, A midsummer night's dream, as well as other Mendelssohn works.
A midsummer night's dream [Close shot]
A midsummer night's dream = El sueño de una noche de verano
A presentation of Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers, and tradesmen-actors.
A Midsummer night's dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Feature film from the USA. Comedy. Screen adaption of Shakespeare's play. Fairies complicate a number of romantic situations.
Fiction films
Ballet adaptation of William Shakespeare's play.
Romantische komedie in een sprookjesbos waar een toverkruid verwarring zaait onder geliefden en andere mensen.
Motion pictures
The story follows the trail of a pair of young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, who take refuge in the forest to escape the wrath of the Duke of Athens. There, their lives are intertwined with a group of actors and a wonderful collection of supernatural creatures of the night, whose own romantic problems make for great mischief.
Max Reinhardt's production of A midsummer night's dream
Registratie van een voorstelling in de Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londen, 1999.
'One of the pottiest movies ever made in Hollywood...'
Features
Film adaptations
Academy Award films
Ballet in two acts, based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Plays
Ballet adaptation of the comedy by William Shakespeare.
Dance
Romantic comedy films
This disc contains a recording of the end of Act I and all of Act II of A midsummer night's dream.
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play.
Fantasy
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano.