The classic Shakespeare fairy tale in ten minutes, with classical art illustrations. Read fairy tales, bedtime stories, poems for kids and Shakespeare for kids here!
The classic Shakespeare fairy tale in ten minutes, with classical art illustrations. Read fairy tales, bedtime stories, poems for kids and Shakespeare for kids here!
John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1867
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Game of Thrones star Christie is the latest actor to be cast as the fairy queen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is coming to the Bridge theatre in London etc etc. Here are some of the other top Titanias in whose footsteps she follows
Oliver Messel scene painting from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania, Queen of the Fairies, falls in love with Bottom, whose head has been turned into that of an ass. All ends well, after a farcical play within a play/
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (English, 1802-1873) - Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania and Bottom (1848-1851)
The 1937 Christmas production was directed by Tyrone Guthrie, with sets and costumes by Oliver Messel. Shakespeare's play was presented as an affectionate Victorian pastiche, and included large choruses of muslin-clad fairies flying in on wires. Mendelssohn's famous incidental music was much in evidence, with choreography by Ninette de Valois. Vivien Leigh's Oberon was played by Robert Helpmann, Ralph Richardson played Bottom, and Gordon Miller, Puck. *** Titania's fairy crown, designed by Oliver Messel and worn by Vivien Leigh.
The 1937 Christmas production was directed by Tyrone Guthrie, with sets and costumes by Oliver Messel. Shakespeare's play was presented as an affectionate Victorian pastiche, and included large choruses of muslin-clad fairies flying in on wires. Mendelssohn's famous incidental music was much in evidence, with choreography by Ninette de Valois. Vivien Leigh's Oberon was played by Robert Helpmann, Ralph Richardson played Bottom, and Gordon Miller, Puck. *** Titania's fairy crown, designed by Oliver Messel and worn by Vivien Leigh.
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