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Titania [Siobhan Redmond] and Oberon [Tom Manion]

directed by Johnathan Munby

Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia. When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods outside the city, and walk into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. And they are not alone. So, too, does a group of amateur actors rehearsing a play. Between the angry fairies, the bumbling players and the dazed lovers, flies Puck armed with a love juice capable of making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon – no matter how unsuitable.

Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, very funny and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.

Creative Team

Director: Jonathan Munby
Designer: Mike Britton
Composer: Olly Fox
Choreographer: Sian Willaims  

Cast

Peter Bankolé - Flute
Jonathan Bond - Snout
Oliver Boot - Demetrius
Christopher Brandon - Lysander
Adam Burton - Mustardseed/First Fairy
Richard Clews - Egeus
Robert Goodale - Snug
Paul Hunter - Nick Bottom
Michael Jibson - Puck/Philostrate
Tom Mannion - Oberon/Theseus
Michael Matus - Peter Quince
Pippa Nixon - Hermia
Sam Parks - Starveling
Siobhan Redmond - Titania/Hippolyta
Laura Rogers - Helena
Bethan Walker - Peaseblossom
Sian Williams - Fairy

Discover the Play

Discover other productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002)

Discover the actors' experiences making the production in Adopt An Actor:

Paul Hunter as Bottom
Pippa Nixon as Hermia
Siobhan Redmond as Titania Hippolyta

Fairies Refashioned: Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper reveals the many strands of Shakespeare's fairy lore.

A Midsummer Night's Dream was performed in 2008, as part of the Totus Mundus Season.