Shakespeare - Midsummer Night's Dream - staging magic (1/3)

A documentary on the problems of presenting fairies and magic in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on the stage.

This clip starts with a long discussion of how fairies in the play are presented, then Jonathan Miller explains why he used older actors in his production at the Almeida Theater.

scenes from several productions are shown, with long excerpts from the Peter Brook's famous 1970 "White Box" production with the RSC. Other productions shown in snippets are:

The Ninagawa Company (1995)
RSC production from 1994
BBC (1981)
Almeida Theater

interview clips with:

Penelope Rixon
Peter Brook
Jonathan Miller
Rachel Kavanaugh
Tony Gash, head of Drama, University of East Anglia

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Shakespeare
• theater
• play
• stage
• Jonathan-Miller
• performing
• arts

[amyluvsutube]

I need to reference this film/documentary for an essay, do you know the production company or year it was produced anything like htat? Would be really helpful, Thanks :)

[anniktout]

gonna help for my essay too^^

[MrKelvincan]

@YAHWEHisperfect Weren't Jesus's miracles magic? I mean what's the difference between a miracle and magic? And as for the world of imagination being where satan devours his victims, there seems to be a fair amount of imagination in the bible.

[YAHWEHisperfect]

every time u hear magic that means satanism....the world of imaginations where satan devours its victims....

[sexyd4babeinthahouse]

eh im not so wateva

[MADEgirl73]

@sexyd4babeinthahouse you are highly uneducated if you believe that is what it is called.

[smcmahan1990]

No, it definitely is A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[evilgiraffe88]

Thankyou!!!! this will help no end with my essay! your a legend!

[sexyd4babeinthahouse]

its midnight summer dreams

[damnthetakenusername]

Thank you so much for posting this!