CBeebies Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Apr 23, 2016

0h 50m

★ 6.0

An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic for very young audiences.

Overview

Fairies, magic, celebration and comical confusion! Join Swashbuckle's Cook and Line as they help William Shakespeare put together a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the production features lots of CBeebies favourites, including Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom - the star of the play within a play who undergoes a magical transformation! Whoever heard of a talking and singing donkey? English

Genres

Romance

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

CBeebies

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Cast

Theseus

Nicholas Burns

Line

Richard David-Caine

Quince

Andy Day

Cook

Joseph Elliott

Hermia

Laura Elsworthy

Francis Flute

Ben Faulks

Lysander

Calum Finlay

Nick Bottom

Justin Fletcher

Oberon

Roger Griffiths

Hippolyta

Esther Hall

Snout

Chris Jarvis

Helena

Nicola Kavanagh

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