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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1954)

Broadway, Play

PlaywrightHorton Foote

Playwright • WritingWilliam Shakespeare

AdaptationCaca Rosset

Additional Material • Based on the ScreenplayShannon Zavesky

Based on the Comic BookCorinne Zanetti

Based on the MovieIsabel Yueh

Based on the MovieElla Zaugg-James

Based on the ScreenplayJamie Williams

VenueMetropolitan Opera HouseBroadway at 39th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByDramatists Play Service

Opening DateSep 21st 1954

Closing DateOct 17th 1954

Creative Team
Direction
Michael Benthall
Original
Mick Orr
Original
Choreography
Robert Helpmann
Original
Music Arrangements
Gordon Jacob
Original
Costume Design
Robin Ironside
Original
Production Stage Management
David Turnbull
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
Michael Bell I
Original
Cast
Hippolyta
Margaret Courtenay
Original
Egeus
John Dearth
Original
Oberon
Robert Helpmann
Original
Indian Boy
Rudolfo Cornejo
Original
Philostrate
Peter Johnson
Original
Theseus
Anthony Nicholls
Original
Hermia
Ann Walford
Original
Nick Bottom
Stanley Holloway
Original
Puck
Philip Guard
Original
Robin Starveling
Daniel Thorndike
Original
Titania
Moira Shearer
Original
Lysander
Terence Longdon
Original
Demetrius
Patrick MacNee
Original
Snug
Michael Redington
Original
Tom Snout
Norman Rossington
Original
Peter Quince
Eliot Makeham
Original
Helena
Joan Benham
Original
Francis Flute
Philip Locke
Original
Corps De Ballet
David Reynolds
Original
Josephine Spaull
Original
Joan King
Original
William Martin
Original
David Harding
Original
Sheila Wright
Original
Jane Shore
Original
Joanne Nisbet
Original
Valerie Adams
Original
Phyllis Harcourt
Original
Louise Carley
Original
Juliet Ellice
Original
Lana Kassinova
Original
Henry Naughton
Original
David Hurst
Original
Mary Fenwick
Original
Margaret Knoesen
Original
Nadia de Lichtenberg
Original
Mary Brookes
Original
Tania d'Avray
Original
Ensemble
Gillian Neason
Original
Vivienne Hetzel
Original
Jeremy Geidt
Original
David Rose
Original
Ivan Baptie
Original
Rosemary Moore
Original
Barbara Leigh Hunt
Original
Suzanne Steele
Original
Betty Shale
Original
David Stevens
Original
Michael Hayes
Original
Kenneth Melville
Original
Sven van Zyl
Original
Singer
Elisabeth Wade
Original
Fairy
Jocelyn Britton
Original
Artistic Production
Executive Production
S Hurok
Original
Production
Old Vic
Original
Production Staff
Company Management Orchestra Management
George Koukly
Original
Press Representation General
Martin Feinstein
Original
Company Management
Edward Haas
Original
Business Management
Douglas Morris
Original

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