A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream — Plot

Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with 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 him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest. Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

• Release date
• June 24, 1964
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
• Director
• Joan Kemp-Welch

A Midsummer Night's Dream — Cast

Benny Hill Bottom Patrick Allen Theseus

E

Eira Heath Hippolyta Cyril Luckham Egeus

T

Tony Bateman Philostrate Jill Bennett Helena John Fraser Lysander

M

Maureen Beck Hermia