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n't doing the thing he does best. 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy' gives the impression of someone speaking fluently but formally in a language not his own." Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four and explained, "I don't object to 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy' on grounds that it's different from his earlier films, but on the more fundamental ground that it's adrift. There doesn't seem to be a driving idea behind it, a confident tone to give us
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a 1982 sex comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. The plot is loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night". It was the first of 13 movies that Allen would make starring Mia Farrow. Her role was originally written for Diane Keaton, another Allen lead actress, but she was busy promoting her film "Reds" and preparing to begin production on "Shoot the Moon". Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts and Jose Ferrer
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5,018 per screen) in its opening weekend. It grossed $9,077,269 in its entire run. The film has a 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews with the critics' consensus being "It may not [be] Woody Allen's best work, but the frothy, fun "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" is still worth a look." Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" wrote, "Whatever Mr. Allen is doing in constructing this pretty, slight, gently entertaining movie, he is
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co-starred. It also marks the first appearance of Allen as an ensemble performer in his own film, as previously he had either been the lead character or did not appear in his films. "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" received moderately positive reviews but was nominated for one Razzie Award: Worst Actress, for Mia Farrow – the only time a Woody Allen film has been nominated for a Razzie. It is 1906 in upstate New York. Distinguished philosopher Leopold and his much younger fiancée, Ariel, are going
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)


Parts of the score are used, re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, in Max Reinhardt's 1935 movie "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Sections of the score were used in Woody Allen's 1982 film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy". Many of the tunes in the score were used by John Stepan Zamecnik for the dogfight music in the film Wings in 1927. A distinctive portion of the tune was used in the second episode of the ABC TV documentary "Keating: The Interviews", where Kerry
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'Sex Comedy' is that for all its incessant—and anachronistic—talk, there's a serious shortage of new ideas from writer-director Allen. The film's fullest idea is that opportunity, once lost, can never again be recaptured. We might have hoped for this bittersweetness and a great deal more from one of the screen's nerviest innovators." Gary Arnold of "The Washington Post" stated, "The crucial problem with 'Sex Comedy' is that one detects no persuasive sexual chemistry in any of
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Duncan Scott (director)


films such as "Deathtrap", "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy", and "Zelig". In television, Scott produced and directed over thirty half-hour programs for the PBS public television series, "Innovation". Duncan directed musician Eric Clapton for a public service announcement, interviewed anthropologist Margaret Mead for a documentary, and has worked with other notable figures. Duncan has also written and directed for the stage, adapting Rand’s short novel, "Anthem", which premiered at Chapman University in Orange County
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Mia Farrow


play "Romantic Comedy" by Bernard Slade, and in the romance film "Hurricane", opposite Jason Robards. Beginning in the 1980s, Farrow's relationship with director Woody Allen resulted in numerous film collaborations. Her first film with Allen was the comedy "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), in a role originally intended for Diane Keaton. She next appeared in Allen's "Zelig" (1983), portraying a psychiatrist whose patient, Leonard Zelig (Allen), takes on characteristics of those around
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Woody Allen


bold. He's got a lot of strength, a lot of courage in terms of his work. And that is what it takes to do something really unique. Along with a genius imagination." Allen's 1980s films, even the comedies, have somber and philosophical undertones, and are influenced by European directors, specifically Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini. "Stardust Memories" was based on "8½", which it parodies, and "Wild Strawberries". "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" was adapted from
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Mia Farrow


stage productions of "Mary Rose" (1972), "Three Sisters" (1973), and "Ivanov" (1976). Farrow also starred in several films throughout the 1970s, notably as Daisy Buchanan in the 1974 film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby", and Robert Altman's comedy "A Wedding" (1978). Farrow began a relationship with filmmaker Woody Allen in 1979, and over a decade-long period starred in 13 of his films, beginning with "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
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Julie Hagerty


highest grossing comedy in box office history at that time, behind "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) and "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978). "Airplane!" was considered the first of the modern parody genre and established Hagerty as a noted comedic actress. Hagerty spent the 1980s starring in a number of theatrical films, ranging from the well-reviewed Albert Brooks film "Lost In America" and Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" to the badly received "Beyond Therapy
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José Ferrer


, "Evita Peron" (1981), "Berlin Tunnel 21" (1981), "Peter and Paul" (1981) with Anthony Hopkins, "Bloody Birthday" (1981), Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Blood Tide" (1982), "Blood Feud" (1982), "This Girl for Hire" (1983), "The Being" (1983) and Mel Brooks's version of "To Be or Not to Be"
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Smiles of a Summer Night


Woody Allen's film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982). The film takes place in Sweden around the turn of the twentieth century. Fredrik Egerman is a middle-aged lawyer married to a 19-year-old beauty, Anne. Their two-year marriage is still unconsummated, due to Anne's reluctance. Fredrik has a son, Henrik, from his marriage to his late first wife. Henrik is in his early twenties and is studying to be a minister but is currently tormented by his love for
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Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival


Merchant of Venice 1997 The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth 1998 Love's Labour's Lost & Twelfth Night 1999 Romeo and Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream 2000 The Comedy of Errors & The Tempest 2001 Much Ado About Nothing & Henry V 2002 The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth 2003 Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives & The Winter's Tale 2004 A Midsummer Night's Dream & Twelfth Night 2005 Much Ado About Nothing & Romeo and Juliet 2006 The Comedy of Errors & King Lear 2007 As You Like It & The
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Julie Hagerty


Julie Beth Hagerty (born June 15, 1955) is an American actress and former model. She starred as Elaine in the films "Airplane!" (1980) and "" (1982). Her other film roles include "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Lost in America" (1985), "What About Bob?" (1991), "Freddy Got Fingered" (2001), "A Master Builder" (2014) and "Instant Family" (2018)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)


A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 romantic comedy fantasy film based on the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. It was directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as Puck, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, and Dominic West as the four lovers. In 19th century Monte Athena, in the Kingdom of Italy, young lovers Lysander and Hermia are forbidden to marry by her father
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Gordon Willis


Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Zelig" (1983), "Broadway Danny Rose" (1984), and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985). Allen said that working with Willis had helped to improve his technical skills, saying of him: "He's an artist. He's got a great sense of humor--he taught me a lot." In the seven-year period up to 1977, Willis was the director of photography on six films that received among
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy


the alleged, three-cornered mating games. It's impossible to believe that anyone's susceptibilities are deeply stirred or anyone's feelings likely to be hurt. Allen can't establish the basic sense of attraction and the emotional gravity that underscores the frivolity of the romantic hide-and-seek." Pauline Kael of "The New Yorker" wrote, "The group is rather amusing, and for a while the film seems saucy and fairly promising (when we learn, for example, that the prof and his fiancée met
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Orion Pictures


film's copyright. "The Wanderers" is owned by the film's producers; however, the copyright is held by MGM/Orion. Woody Allen's films "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982) and "Zelig" (1983) are the only Orion films from the original joint venture period now owned by MGM. Orion releases produced by the Hemdale Film Corporation and Nelson Entertainment are included in MGM's library as well, and are incorporated into the Orion library. MGM via Polygram Entertainment did not acquire
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Bedroom farce


", which in ten bedroom scenes connect the highest and lowest of Vienna. Some of the English Aldwych farces by Ben Travers which were popular in the 1920s and 1930s have aspects of "bedroom farce", e.g. "A Cuckoo in the Nest" or "Rookery Nook". However, in each case the sharing of a bedroom or house turns out to have an innocent explanation. In modern times, Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982) presents aspects of the bedroom farce. Michael
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Midsummer


northwestern part of the linguistic region, where as late as the 1930s they still lit a Midsummer Night fire. The way of arranging the participants by age and by sex has suggested the possibility that these groups sang by answering each other, but there are hardly any remnants that appear to support this possibility. People jumped over the fire after they lit it. This practice is mentioned as early as the 16th century, although at that time in connection with a wedding; still, it is called "Midsummer Night fire".
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English articles


meanings, it is pronounced . In sorting titles and phrases alphabetically, articles are usually excluded from consideration, since being so common makes them more of a hindrance than a help in finding a desired item. For example, "The Comedy of Errors" is alphabetized before "A Midsummer Night's Dream", because "the" and "a" are ignored and "comedy" alphabetizes before "midsummer". In an index, the former work might be written "Comedy of Errors, The", with the article
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy


the sure notion that Allen knows what he wants to do here." Gene Siskel awarded two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a nice picture, but insubstantial." "Variety" called the film "a pleasant disappointment, pleasant because [Allen] gets all the laughs he goes for in a visually charming, sweetly paced picture, a disappointment because he doesn't go for more." Sheila Benson of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "What's most disappointing about
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Tony Roberts (actor)


role), "Stardust Memories", "Hannah and Her Sisters", "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy", and Woody Allen's segment for "The Concert for New York City". Roberts memorably portrayed the badgering Deputy Mayor Warren LaSalle in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three". He also appeared in the Sidney Lumet films "Serpico" and "Just Tell Me What You Want". Roberts was in the 1983 horror film "Amityville 3-D" portraying John Baxter, the owner of the infamous
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Nicole Holofcener


responsible for Holofcener's first "real" job in the movie industry: a production assistant on Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" in 1982. She moved up to apprentice editor for "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986). Holofcener's first experiences with film as a child left her either frightened or sad; she recalled her fright at Jerry Lewis's "The Nutty Professor". Returning east to college, Holofcener originally wanted to become an artist like her father, but felt she wasn't
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Pocantico Hills, New York


to filmmakers. Woody Allen's "A Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy" and "The Rebound" (2009) with Catherine Zeta-Jones, have been filmed amongst the wooded trails and quaint country lanes. The areas was once called Beeckmantown, after the Beeckman family. Stephen D. Beeckman, MD, had lived in a residence on the highest ground of the area, just west of the "Irving Institute". Emergency services stem from a variety of sources, with policing services provided by the Town of Mount Pleasant Police
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Zelig


Walker, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Windsor, Tom Mix, Marie Dressler, Bobby Jones, and Pope Pius XI. In the time it took to complete the film's special effects, Allen filmed "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" and "Broadway Danny Rose". The soundtrack includes such period songs as: In addition, Dick Hyman composed a number of tunes allegedly inspired by the Zelig phenomenon, including "Leonard the Lizard", "Reptile Eyes", "You May Be Six
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Francophile


Crawford. The director and actor Woody Allen is a Francophile whose films often made references to French cinema, philosophy and novels. A recurring theme in Allen's films is the celebration of Paris as the ideal place for romantic love. Allen's 1982 film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" frequently pays homage to the work of Jean Renoir while Allen has described François Truffaut as his favorite director. The Francophile hero of Allen's 2011 film "Midnight in Paris" Gil Pender bears striking similarities with Allen, leading to reviewers
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Woody Allen


scorn for his fans. Overcome by the recent death of a friend from illness, Bates says, "I don't want to make funny movies anymore" and a running gag has various people (including visiting space aliens) telling him that they appreciate his films, "especially the early, funny ones." Allen believes this to be one of his best films. "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982) was the first movie Allen made starring Mia Farrow, who stepped into Diane Keaton's role when
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy


to spend a weekend in the country with Leopold's cousin Adrian, and her crackpot inventor husband Andrew. Also on the guest list is womanizing doctor, Maxwell, and his latest girlfriend, a free-thinking nurse, Dulcy. Over the course of the weekend, old romances reignite, new romances develop, and everyone ends up sneaking off behind everyone else's backs. Allen explained the inspiration for the film: The film opened on July 16, 1982, at 501 North American theaters, and made $2,514,478 ($
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Mia Farrow on screen and stage


's horror film "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), followed by further critical attention for her role opposite Dustin Hoffman in the drama "John and Mary" (1969). Throughout the 1970s, Farrow appeared in numerous stage productions abroad, and became the first American actress to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She also appeared in film during this period, notably portraying Daisy Buchanan in Paramount Pictures' film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" (1974). Beginning with 1982's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
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Furious Theatre Company


Comedy(director). Furious acting credits: The Fair Maid of the West Parts I & II, ImMEDIAte Theatre, Tearing the Loom, Scenes from the Big Picture Furious production credits: Tearing the Loom (assistant stage manager), The God Botherers (props design), The Shape of Things (running crew). With other theatres: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Dark of the Moon, A Midsummer Night\’s Dream, On The Verge, Letters Home, Cahoot\’s Macbeth, Sex Starved Monkeys, The Stupid Shit We
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A Midsummer Night's Rave


McShakespeare", an example of McDonaldization) in more academic publications. "A Midsummer Night's Rave" transposes "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to modern rave culture. Unlike "Rave Macbeth"—released a year earlier and also adapting a Shakespeare play, "Macbeth", into the context of rave culture—"A Midsummer Night's Rave's" plot also explores the characters' activities outside of the rave: Xander (Lysander) and Mia (Hermia) needs the aid of a rave and a green glowing drug, provided by a British
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Shakespeare's plays


more dramatic dialogue. These elements showed up in "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Almost all of the plays written after the plague hit London are comedies, perhaps reflecting the public's desire at the time for light-hearted fare. Other comedies from Shakespeare during this period include "Much Ado About Nothing," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "As You Like It." The middle grouping of Shakespeare's plays begins in 1599 with "Julius Caesar."
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James Bond uncollected and other miscellaneous short stories


Midsummer Night's Doom", since the title is a play on William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". "Midsummer's Night's Doom" is included in the 2010 omnibus release, "Choice of Weapons", which includes three additional Benson Bond novels. First publication: "TV Guide" (American edition), 13–19 November 1999. In publication order, this follows the novelization of "The World is Not Enough" and precedes "Doubleshot". Published the week "The World Is Not Enough
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Tim Supple


far in Japan, South Korea, Mexico and UK; "Europa – Myths of Europe", exploring the ancient, historical and political myths that form contemporary European identity with text by Katie Ebner-Landy and artists across Europe. Awards: Time Out (Grimm Tales),TMA (A Midsummer Night's Dream) , Herald Angel - EIF (One Thousand and One Nights), Dora- Toronto (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Yapi Krede Afifi - Istanbul (Comedy of Errors). Nominations: Olivier (Accidental Death of an
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival


2002* A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Shakespeare in Briefs, Richard III 2003* Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline 2004* The Comedy of Errors, Anthony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet 2005* The Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night, Othello 2006* The Tempest 2007* A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, All's Well That Ends Well, The Servant of Two Masters, Around the World in 80 Days 2008* Macbeth, The Three Musketeers, Henry
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival


(by Ben Johnson), Anthony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale 1973 Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Pericles 1974 Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Timon of Athens 1975 Cymbeline, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet 1976 The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, King John 1977 Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II 1978 Twelfth Night, Othello, Henry IV Part 1 1979 A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Henry IV Part 2 1980 Love's Labor's Lost, Hamlet
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Elizabethan literature


, comedies and the late romances, or tragicomedies. His early classical and Italianate comedies, like "A Comedy of Errors", containing tight double plots and precise comic sequences, give way in the mid-1590s to the romantic atmosphere of his greatest comedies, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", and "Twelfth Night". After the lyrical "Richard II", written almost entirely in verse, Shakespeare introduced prose comedy into the histories of the late
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Romantic comedy


Terms" defines romantic comedy as "a general term for comedies that deal mainly with the follies and misunderstandings of young lovers, in a light‐hearted and happily concluded manner which usually avoids serious satire". This reference states that the "best‐known examples are Shakespeare's comedies of the late 1590s, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Twelfth Night", and "As You Like It" being the most purely romantic, while "Much Ado About Nothing" approaches the comedy of manners and "The Merchant of Venice"
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Midsummer Night near Vejle Fjord


Midsummer Night near Vejle Fjord is a painting by Harald Slott-Møller, dated 1904. It is a landscape painting, but can also be regarded as a portrait painting, since the artist's wife, Agnes Slott-Møller, certainly is the seated woman looking out over the Vejle Fjord on Midsummer night. This painting is characterized by an unusual use of color, especially in the woman's prominent red cape. While Harald Slott-Møller's work was based on naturalism and symbolism, the surface and the colors are also
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Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival


Twelfth Night & Romeo and Juliet 1984 Much Ado About Nothing & The Tempest 1985 Richard III & The Taming of the Shrew 1986 As You Like It & King Lear 1987 Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1988 No Festival 1989 The Merchant of Venice 1990 The Merry Wives of Windsor 1991 Romeo and Juliet & The Comedy of Errors 1992 Henry VIII & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1993 The Tempest & Twelfth Night 1994 As You Like It & Henry V 1995 Much Ado About Nothing & Richard III 1996 Two Gentlemen of Verona & The
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A Midsummer Night's Dream


." The performers are so terrible playing their roles that the guests laugh as if it were meant to be a comedy, and everyone retires to bed. Afterwards, Oberon, Titania, Puck, and other fairies enter, and bless the house and its occupants with good fortune. After all the other characters leave, Puck "restores amends" and suggests that what the audience experienced might just be a dream. It is unknown exactly when "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written or first performed, but on the
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A Midsummer Night's Dream


A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta (the former queen of the Amazons). These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across
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Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival


The Merry Wives of Windsor 1973 Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1974 Romeo and Juliet & The Comedy of Errors 1975 The Tempest & King Henry IV; part II 1976 Twelfth Night & Henry V 1977 The Taming of the Shrew & Julius Caesar 1978 The Winter's Tale & As You Like It 1979 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1980 Love's Labour's Lost & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1981 The Merchant of Venice & Two Gentlemen of Verona 1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream & King Henry IV; part I 1983
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English drama


, that includes, amongst others, "Measure for Measure", "Troilus and Cressida", "A Winter's Tale" and "All's Well that Ends Well". His early classical and Italianate comedies, like "A Comedy of Errors", containing tight double plots and precise comic sequences, give way in the mid-1590s to the romantic atmosphere of his greatest comedies, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", and "Twelfth Night"
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Get Over It (film)


and having a busy schedule as a member of the basketball team. Meanwhile, Berke's friends Felix and Dennis try to find a new girlfriend for him. With the help of Felix's younger sister, Kelly, a talented songwriter and singer, Berke wins a minor role in the play, a modern musical version of Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" called "A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Eve", written and directed by the school's domineering drama teacher, Dr. Desmond Oates (Martin Short)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)


bower, attended by fairies. Oberon tires of the sport and puts all to rights, pairing Lysander back with Hermia and Demetrius with Helena, and reconciling with his own queen, Titania. In the final part, Bottom and his troupe of "rude Mechanicals" perform their amateur play, based on the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, before Duke Theseus, his wife Hippolyta, and the court, unintentionally producing a comedy that turns to be a tragedy. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was filmed on location in Lazio
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A Midsummer Night's Dream


staged a queer production in 2015 where the lovers were same-sex couples and the mechanicals were drag queens. The University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum's programme Shakespeare in the Arb has presented a play every summer since 2001. Shakespeare in the Arb has produced "A Midsummer Night's Dream" three times. These performances take place in a natural setting, with lush woods, a flowing river, and steep hills. The performance takes place in several places, with actors and audience moving together to each setting. "As
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Hermia and Lysander (painting)


Hermia and Lysander is a watercolor painting created in 1870 by British illustrator and miniature portrait painter John Simmons. Based on a scene from Act II, scene II of William Shakespeare's comedy play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", it measures . Paintings of fairies had a resurgence of popularity in the 19th century with many based on scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Simmons produced several pieces in this genre. According to Christopher Wood, an expert in Victorian art, the details included in Simmons' fairy paintings
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)


the edge of absurdity because Herr Reinhardt cannot visualize how his ideas will work out on the screen". Today, the film gets mostly good reviews. Emanuel Levy notices: "Bold and impressive, Reinhardt's screen version of his famous Hollywood Bowl Shakespearean production was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar." , Reinhardt's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" holds an 88% rating on the film-critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews. The film is often used as a comparison to modern comedy
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Boy Meets Boy (musical)


Boy Meets Boy is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Bill Solly, and book by Bill Solly and Donald Ward. It opened on Sep. 17, 1975 at the off-Broadway Actor's Playhouse in NYC. It was produced by Christopher Larkin and Edith O'Hara in association with Lee Barton. The show is a fast-paced, light-hearted musical-comedy, featuring a 1930s style Astaire/Rogers romance between two men, and a same-sex marriage. The world of the play posits that in 1936
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The Tragical History of Guy Earl of Warwick


of Oberon in the play seems uninfluenced by Oberon as depicted in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", so Cooper believes it probable that "Guy Earl of Warwick" was written before A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96). John Peachman, in contrast, cautions that there is no definitive date for "Guy Earl of Warwick" and proposes that it may have been written in the aftermath of the "Isle of Dogs" affair of 1597. Based on changes in style within the play,
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Women in comedy


such as Tina Fey have paved the way in the modern era for large-scale growth in female comedy. Her public appointment as the first female head writer of Saturday Night Live placed her in a position to serve as a feminist comedy icon. Many of her sketches became iconic, particularly her satirical portrayal of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. Her comedic writing (Mean Girls, 30 Rock, Bossypants, Baby Mama, Date Night etc...), in addition to achieving great public notice, was well received by critics.
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She Stoops to Conquer


bearers for the resurgent laughing comedy. The play can also be seen as a comedy of manners, in which, in a polite society setting, the comedy arises from the gap between the characters' attempts to preserve standards of polite behaviour and their true behaviour. It is also seen by some scholars as a romantic comedy, which demonstrates how seriously young people take love, and how foolishly it makes them behave, (similar to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). In "She Stoops to Conquer"
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Romantic comedy


plays like "Much Ado About Nothing" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Some comedy films, such as "Knocked Up", combine themes of romantic comedies and stoner comedies, creating a new subgenre that can be more appealing to men, as it already may be to women. Often known as "bromance", such films usually use sexual elements which bring the two characters together. Films in this genre include "American Pie 2" and even "Wedding Crashers". Having sexual elements in the movie
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays


author." Reflecting on "Twelfth Night", Hazlitt considered that his own preference for tragedy could be in part due to his own "saturnine" temperament, and asserted that, regardless of individual preferences, Shakespeare was as skilled in comedy as in tragedy. With this acknowledgement, he had quite a few appreciative comments to make about the comedies. Hazlitt found sheer delight in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", especially relishing its playfully inventive poetry and quoting at length several of his favourite passages. He also considers how
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Suzanne Bennett


] Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Katherine] -Dates: Jun 5, 1928 – Jul 1928 "What Do We Know?" [Original, Play] Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Ernestine Fox] -Dates: Dec 23, 1927 – Jan 1928 "Merry-Go-Round" [Original, Musical, Comedy, Revue] Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates: May 31, 1927 – Sep 24, 1927 "Nic Nax of 1926" [Original, Musical, Revue] Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates: Aug 2, 1926
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The Ultimate Fighter 4


(Original Air Date Sep 7, 2006) Episode 5: Flip-A-Coin (Original Air Date Sep 14, 2006) Episode 6: Captain Miserable (Original Air Date Sep 21, 2006) Episode 7: Drop to a Knee (Original Air Date Sep 28, 2006) Episode 8: True Colors (Original Air Date Oct 6, 2006) Episode 9: Semi-Final Match-Ups (Original Air Date Oct 12, 2006) Episode 10: Carter vs. Serra (Original Air Date Oct 19
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Screwball comedy film


It" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest". Other genres with which screwball comedy is associated include slapstick, situation comedy, romantic comedy and bedroom farce. Films definitive of the genre usually feature farcical situations, a combination of slapstick with fast-paced repartee and show the struggle between economic classes. They also generally feature a self-confident and often stubborn central female protagonist and a plot involving courtship and marriage or remarriage. These traits can be seen in both
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Palladis Tamia


", and George Gregory Smith's "Elizabethan Critical Essays" (1904). In the "Comparative Discourse" section Meres lists a dozen Shakespearean plays, identified by him as six comedies and six tragedies (Comedy: "Two Gentlemen of Verona, Comedy of Errors, Love's Labours Lost, Love Labours Won, Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Merchant of Venice"; "Tragedy": "Richard II, Richard III, Henry the IV, King John, Titus Andronicus", and" Romeo and
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Brighton Open Air Theatre


stand-up comedy show for dogs. The 2017 programme included "The Comedy of Errors", "The Plain Dealer", "The Tempest", "The Wind in the Willows", "Othello", "Blue Remembered Hills", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "She Stoops to Conquer", "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", "Peter Pan", "The Mikado", "The Lost World", "Richard III", "Pride and Prejudice", "Three
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One More Saturday Night (film)


One More Saturday Night is a 1986 comedy film written by Al Franken and Tom Davis and directed by Dennis Klein. The film is about life on a Saturday night in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Russ Cadwell is ready to have sex with his girlfriend, Diane Lundahl. Doug, who is a petty thief, decides to become a burglar. Traci, Doug's friend, suggests that they burglarize a nearby house. Mr. Lundahl, father of Diane, Karen, and Kevin, goes on a date with a woman named Peggy
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Calista Flockhart


Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She starred as the title character in the legal comedy-drama series "Ally McBeal" (1997–2002), Kitty Walker in the drama series "Brothers & Sisters" (2006–2011) and Cat Grant in the superhero drama series "Supergirl" (2015–2019). She has also been featured in a number of films, including the comedy film "The Birdcage" (1996), the romantic comedy film "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (
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Hugh Herbert


" (1935), as well as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (also 1935), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play. He played leads in "B comedies", notably "Sh! The Octopus" (1937), a comedy-mystery featuring an exceptional unmasking of the culprit. Herbert was often caricatured in Warners' Looney Tunes shorts of the 1930s/40s, such as "Speaking of the Weather" (1937) and "The Hardship of Miles Standish" (1940) and . One of
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William Shakespeare


Italianate comedies, containing tight double plots and precise comic sequences, give way in the mid-1590s to the romantic atmosphere of his most acclaimed comedies. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a witty mixture of romance, fairy magic, and comic lowlife scenes. Shakespeare's next comedy, the equally romantic "Merchant of Venice", contains a portrayal of the vengeful Jewish moneylender Shylock, which reflects Elizabethan views but may appear derogatory to modern audiences. The wit and wordplay of "Much Ado About Nothing", the charming rural
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English literature


as yet unsurpassed. Shakespeare wrote plays in a variety of genres, including histories (such as "Richard III" and "Henry IV"), tragedies (such as "Hamlet", "Othello", and "Macbeth", comedies (such as "Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", and "Twelfth Night") and the late romances, or tragicomedies. Shakespeare's career continues in the Jacobean period. Other important figures in Elizabethan theatre include Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson
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Alison Whyte


on "Satisfaction". She won the 2008 silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Female Actress for this role. Her other television roles have included the legal comedy-drama "Marshall Law" 2002 with Lisa McCune and William McInnes, and "Good Guys Bad Guys". In addition to television roles, she has appeared in the two-actor film "Saturday Night", with Aaron Pedersen. She has also worked in theatre, with stage roles in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Twelfth Night" and
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Romeo and Juliet


play's stylistic similarities with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other plays conventionally dated around 1594–95, place its composition sometime between 1591 and 1595. One conjecture is that Shakespeare may have begun a draft in 1591, which he completed in 1595. Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was published in two quarto editions prior to the publication of the First Folio of 1623. These are referred to as Q1 and Q2. The first printed edition, Q1, appeared in early 1597, printed by John Danter. Because its
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Theatre of the United Kingdom


arts. Perhaps the most famous playwright in the world, William Shakespeare, wrote around 40 plays that are still performed in theatres across the world to this day. They include tragedies, such as "Hamlet" (1603), "Othello" (1604), and "King Lear" (1605); comedies, such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1594—96) and "Twelfth Night" (1602); and history plays, such as "Henry IV, part 1—2". The Elizabethan age
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John Lyly


Shakespeare. Lyly must also be considered and remembered as a primary influence on the plays of William Shakespeare, and in particular the romantic comedies. "Love's Metamorphosis" is a large influence on "Love's Labour's Lost", and "Gallathea" is a major source for A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2007, Primavera Productions in London staged a reading of "Gallathea", directed by Tom Littler, consciously linking it to Shakespeare's plays. They also claim an influence on "Twelfth Night" and "
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Bessie Learn


two-year run with Edwin Arden in "Home Folks". She next appeared with Harry Brodribb Irving in "Paola and Francesca" and "Midsummer Night's Dream" and in vaudeville with Robert Hilliard and William Harcourt as the boy, in "Polly of the Circus". She became the ingenue of the Edison Company at the age of 22, and in her short time before the camera made an enviable record for vivacious and appealing comedy. Little Miss Learn was featured in some of the best comedies Edison released,
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz


with Jarocki also in other theatre productions: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's "The Mother" (1964, 1972; ) and "The Shoemakers" (1971; ) at The Old Theatre in Kraków. In The Old Theatre, she made set designs to several performances directed by Konrad Swinarski, i.e.: Zygmunt Krasiński's "The Un-Divine Comedy" (1965; ), William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1970) and to plays directed by Andrzej Wajda: Stanisław Wyspiański's "November Night"
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Actor


comedies include instances of overt cross-dressing, such as Francis Flute in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The movie "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" stars Jack Gilford dressing as a young bride. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon famously posed as women to escape gangsters in the Billy Wilder film "Some Like It Hot". Cross-dressing for comic effect was a frequently used device in most of the Carry On films. Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams have each appeared in a hit comedy
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Jörg Schneider


-produced farces and comedies, but he always returned to the classic comedy roles and serious roles: in 1972 in Zürich "Nick Bottom" (Zettel) in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and in 1980 alongside Ruedi Walter in the Swiss German adaption "Warte uf de Godot" ("Waiting For Godot"). At the Festival Bad Hersfeld Schneider received for his portrayal of "Sancho Panza" in Dale Wasserman's musical "Mann von La Mancha" the Bad Hersfeld Prize in 1985. Jörg Schneider
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Hamilton Camp


' Story Theatre, which won two Tony awards and was nominated for best show in the 1971 awards. His voice work as "Elle" the robot policeman in the 1978 film "Starcrash" is a cult favourite and he had a memorable role in the 1976 Peter Bogdanovich film "Nickelodeon". He also performed with the Chicago comedy troupe The Second City and the San Francisco satirical comedy troupe the Committee and appeared in a number of stage productions, including a 2004 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the
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Dorothy Hyson


Smiths "Touch Wood" led to a nervous breakdown. She continued to be in light West End comedies and had a big hit in an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" in 1936. In 1938 she appeared as Titania in Tyrone Guthrie's Old Vic revival of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". During the Second World War, Hyson made several more films including "You Will Remember" with Robert Morley and the musical comedy "Spare a Copper" with George Formby. She also acted in revue
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Forbes Masson


Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" directed by Michael Fentiman. In the summer of 2015 he played Bottom in the RSC/Garsington Opera Company co production of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Owen Horsley He co-wrote and performed with Alan Cumming in the situation comedy, "The High Life". Masson and Cumming had met at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1982 where they formed a cult Kelvinside musical double act "Victor and Barry", which they performed on the alternative comedy circuit
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Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival


As You Like It & The Winter's Tale 1962 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1963 Othello & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1964 Romeo and Juliet & Twelfth Night 1965 Love's Labour's Lost & The Tempest 1966 King Lear & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1967 Anthony and Cleopatra & The Taming of the Shrew 1968 Richard III & The Comedy of Errors 1969 Much Ado About Nothing & The Winter's Tale 1970 Twelfth Night & The Merchant of Venice 1971 As You Like It & Richard II 1972 Love's Labour's Lost &
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Michael Blakemore


Belch in "Twelfth Night" and Holofernes in "Love's Labour's Lost" in 1962; Dogberry in "Much Ado About Nothing" and Theseus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1963. At the Comedy Theatre in December 1963 he played Badger in "Toad of Toad Hall", then toured Australia as Palmer Anderson in "A Severed Head". He joined the Glasgow Citizens 1966–67, where his parts included George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and Maitland in "Inadmissible Evidence"
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David Bevington


scenes from plays relevant to the course (though not necessarily those read in class). Bevington requires, from those opting to perform, a reflection paper analyzing the challenges of staging the scene. Bevington has also taught courses entitled "Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies," surveying such plays as "Richard II", "Richard III", "Henry IV, Part 1", "Henry V", "Much Ado About Nothing", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Twelfth Night", and "
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Alec McCowen


Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet", Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Malvolio in "Twelfth Night". He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in September 1962, appearing at Stratford-upon-Avon playing Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors" and the Fool to Paul Scofield's "King Lear", subsequently appearing in both plays at the Aldwych Theatre in December 1962 – performing these roles again for a British Council tour of the Soviet Union, Europe and the United States from February to
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John Caird (director)


, "Romeo and Juliet" with Daniel Day-Lewis, Amanda Root and Roger Allam, "Midsummer Night's Dream" with John Carlisle, Clare Higgins and Richard McCabe, "Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It" and "Antony and Cleopatra". At the RSC's Swan Theatre he directed Ben Jonson's comedies "Every Man in His Humour" with Simon Russell Beale, Henry Goodman and Pete Postlethwaite and the "New Inn" with John Carlisle and Fiona Shaw, the first night of this
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Oliver Chris


alongside Judi Dench in Hall's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Chris was also cast in Ben Miller's feature-length debut comedy film "Huge", which premiered in June 2010. 2011 has seen him appear in two episodes of "Silent Witness", whilst also playing one of the leading roles in the National Theatre production of "One Man, Two Guvnors" alongside James Corden. He appeared in three series of the BBC Three comedy "Bluestone 42",
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Hédi Váradi


Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest. After 1952, Hédi started working in the Madách Theatre in Budapest, and from 1964, she worked in the National Theatre until her death. Her forceful personality and deep, catching style of play made excellent comedy and drama roles. She was famous for her role in Shakespeare's comedy play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Titania. On 11 April 2003, the 16th anniversary of Hédi's death, Deputy Mayor John Schiffer inaugurated a memorial ceremony to the actress at her former residence in the
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The Pitcher Shower


Hoppy happens to see Arlis and Sharline having sex in the woods. Later, while Arlis and Sharline are together, Arlis's frustrated girlfriend Helen Milsap visits Hoppy. They share moonshine that Hoppy got from a "puckish" man named Goodfeller. They fall for each other but are interrupted during fellatio by Arlis and Sharline. As the projector's sound is broken, that night the four show "A Midsummer Night's Dream" reading the parts themselves. Having recognized the parallels to their situation, Hoppy plays Lysander (and Bottom
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Screwball comedy film


"It Happened One Night" and "My Man Godfrey" (1936). The film critic Andrew Sarris has defined the screwball comedy as "a sex comedy without the sex." Like farce, screwball comedies often involve masquerade and disguise in which a character or characters resort to secrecy. Sometimes screwball comedies feature male characters cross-dressing, further contributing to elements of masquerade ("Bringing Up Baby" (1938) "I Was a Male War Bride" (1949), and "Some Like It Hot"
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Robert Lindsay (actor)


Smith in the ITV comedy series "Get Some In!" (1975–1977) and was given the starring role as delusional revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom "Citizen Smith" (1977–1980), which raised his profile. Towards the end of the run of "Citizen Smith", Lindsay won roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare series, including Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1981), Fabian in "Twelfth Night" (1980) and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1984)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)


events must have been a dream. That night at the wedding, they all watch Bottom and his fellow players perform "Pyramus and Thisbe". Unprepared as they are, the performers are so terrible playing their roles that the guests laugh as if it were meant to be a comedy. Before the encore, the guests sneak away and retire to bed. Afterwards, Oberon, Titania, Puck, and the other fairies enter, and bless the house and its occupants with good fortune. After everyone leaves, Puck suggests to
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Carly Pope


was trained as a dancer until she became active in theater during high school. She appeared in plays such as "The Odd Couple", playing Mickey, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", playing Titania. She attended high school at Lord Byng Secondary School near the University of British Columbia campus. Pope started her career with several small roles, such as "Disturbing Behavior", "Snow Day", and "Night Man", before being cast as Sam McPherson on The WB's comedy-drama television
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Novello Theatre


the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)'s annual London season, playing to 4-week runs of "Twelfth Night", "The Comedy of Errors", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "As You Like It", concluding in March 2006. In 2006, the theatre played host to the London première of the Broadway musical "Footloose", starring Cheryl Baker. Ending on 11 November, Footloose made way for the Royal Shakespeare Company's return season for 2006–7, following which the Broadway musical "The Drowsy Chaperone
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A Midsummer Night's Dream


the woods for a night where they do not fall under the laws of Theseus or Egeus. Upon their arrival in Athens, the couples are married. Marriage is seen as the ultimate social achievement for women while men can go on to do many other great things and gain social recognition. In "The Imperial Votaress", Louis Montrose draws attention to male and female gender roles and norms present in the comedy in connection with Elizabethan culture. In reference to the triple wedding, he says, "The festive conclusion in "
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Play (theatre)


be William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", or for a more modern example the skits from "Saturday Night Live". A generally nonsensical genre of play, farces are often acted and often involve humor. An example of a farce includes William Shakespeare's play "The Comedy of Errors", or Mark Twain's play "Is He Dead?". A satire play takes a comic look at current events people while at the same time attempting to make a political or social statement, for example
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Xia Meng


's daughter, Mao Mei (an actress and ballerina), Yang Meng accepted his invitation and joined the studio in the age of 17. Inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the new actress now renamed Xia Meng (literally "summer dream") by Yuan, which Yuan metaphorically wished her dream come true as she joined the studio in summer. She was given her first role as the title character in Li Pingqian's "A Night-Time Wife" (1951). The comedy was a hit
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Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival


Said/She Said Battle of the Sexes The "Battle of the Sexes" event of the Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival explores the differences between man and woman in a comedic manner. During this night of entertainment, two male comedians and two female comedians take the stage in opposition with one another. In the end, the audience decides the winner. Raw Comedy "Raw Comedy" is the only 18+ event of the Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival. Here, opinionated comedians unleash their uncensored thoughts to the audience. Comedians include both
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Richard David-Caine


2013 and featured on BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama and BBC Radio 1’s "Fun and Filth Cabaret". The group’s style revolved around high energy routines, physical comedy and audience interaction and garnered mostly positive reviews. David-Caine’s first lead TV role came when he was cast as one half of the comedy double act Cook and Line on CBeebies’ new pirate gameshow, "Swashbuckle". The show proved popular and lead to other appearances on the channel including "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", "The
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The Family Shakespeare


Nothing;" "A Midsummer Night's Dream;" "Love's Labour's Lost *;" "The Merchant of Venice;" "As You Like It;" "All's Well That Ends Well *;" "The Taming of the Shrew *;" "The Winter's Tale;" "The Comedy of Errors *;" "Macbeth;" "King John;" "Richard II;" "Henry IV, Part 1;" "Henry IV, Part 2;" "Henry
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Robert Gillespie


a half years with the Royal Shakespeare Company in "Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Broken Heart" and "Zenobia", which involved touring the US. He has worked several times with Adrian Jackson, founder of Cardboard Citizens, playing Luka in The Lower Depths and Charlie in Mincemeat. Gillespie created his own production company, Jane Nightwork Productions, in 2000. Productions have included David Mamet's "Oleanna", Jeremy Kingston's "Making Dickie Happy", Deborah Cook's "Sex, Death and
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival


, Henry V 1981 The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, All's Well That Ends Well 1982 Macbeth, As You Like It, The Winter's Tale 1983 Richard III, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors 1984 Twelfth Night, Richard II, Othello 1985 Anthony and Cleopatra, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo and Juliet 1986 King Lear, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry IV Part 1 1987 The Tempest, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice 1988 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival


It, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Mollere's The Miser 1997 Troilus and Cressida, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Mollere's The Would-Be Gentleman 1998* 1999* Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor 2000 Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Henry V, The Tempest 2001* King Lear, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, Queen Margaret
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