Film
National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
United Kingdom- Age rating
- 12A
- Director
- Ross MacGibbon
- Year
- 2019
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences.
Top cast
Oliver Chris
Theseus / Oberon
Gwendoline Christie
Hippolyta / Titania
David Moorst
Philostrate / Puck
Isis Hainsworth
Hermia
Tessa Bonham Jones
Helena
Paul Adeyefa
Demetrius
Kit Young
Lysander
Kevin McMonagle
Egeus
Felicity Montagu
Quince
Hammed Animashaun
Bottom
Jermaine Freeman
Flute
Ami Metcalf
Snout
Jamie-Rose Monk
Snug
Francis Lovehall
Starveling
Chipo Kureya
Peaseblossom
Jay Webb
Cobweb
Charlotte Atkinson
Moth
Lennin Nelson-McClure
Mustardseed
Directed by
Ross MacGibbon
