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Sunday Play: A Midsummer Night's Dream

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

By William Shakespeare. Radio 3's Shakespeare season continues with the Bard's magical comedy. Introduced by Richard Eyre.
Music composed and performed by Robin Rimbaud. Director Susan Roberts
* BBC Radio Shakespeare cassettes and CDs of Hamlet, Julius Caesar. Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Henry IV, Part One are available now

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare.
Introduced By:
Richard Eyre.
Unknown:
Robin Rimbaud.
Director:
Susan Roberts
Unknown:
Julius Caesar.
Theseus/Oberon:
David Threlfall
Titania/Hippolyta:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Lysander:
Samuel West
Hermia:
Amanda Root
Demetrius:
Nick Bagnall
Helena:
Kathryn Hunt
Bottom:
Richard Griffiths
Snug/Egeus:
Donald McBride
Peter Quince:
Peter Sallis
Philostrate/Robin Starling:
Derek Walmsley
Bute:
Andy Cryer
Snout:
Malcolm Hebden
Puck:
Becky Simpson
Peaseblossom:
Thomas Pinnock
Cobweb/Lead fairy:
William Haigh
Mustard seed/Moth:
Holly Grainger
Source: Radio Times

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