A Midsummer Night's Dream

Press night

02.06.1959

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Fairy

  Anderson, Georgine

• Hippolyta

  Bidmead, Stephanie

• Unnamed parts

  Bizley, Roger

• Snout

  Blakemore, Michael

• Unnamed parts

  Borromel, Charles

• Unnamed parts

  Buck, David,

• Fairy

  Caldwell, Zoe

• Unnamed parts

  Cox, Michael Graham,

• Unnamed parts

  Cruise, Christopher,

• Demetrius

  De Souza, Edward,

• Unnamed parts

  Dennis, Jon

• Egeus

  Dotrice, Roy

• Fairy

  Downes, Judith,

• Starveling

  Eccles, Donald,

• Fairy

  Edwards, Mavis,

• Lysander

  Finney, Albert

• Snug

  Glover, Julian,

• Oberon

  Hardy, Robert,

• Unnamed parts

  Hawtrey, Nicholas,

• Unnamed parts

  Henry, Norman,

• Puck

  Holm, Ian

• Unnamed parts

  Landor, Edna,

• Bottom

  Laughton, Charles

• Philostrate

  Layne-Smith, Donald,

• Quince

  Luckham, Cyril Alexander Garland

• Unnamed parts

  Mason, Peter,

• Unnamed parts

  Meaden, Dan,

• Hermia

  Morgan, Priscilla,

• Theseus

  Nicholls, Anthony,

• Fairy

  O'Keefe, Margaret,

• Fairy

  Owen, Jean,

• Fairy

  Ranson, Malcolm,

• Helena

  Redgrave, Vanessa

• Unnamed parts

  Rigg, Diana,

• Unnamed parts

  Rudd, Richard,

• Unnamed parts

  Russell, Robert,

• Fairy

  Scoble, Michael,

• Unnamed parts

  Smith, Don,

• Unnamed parts

  Thomas, Dave,

• Unnamed parts

  Thorne, Stephen,

• Titania

  Ure, Mary,

• Flute

  Woodthorpe, Peter,

Creative

Role and name

• Designer

  De Nobili, Lila,

• Choreographer

  Grant, Pauline,

• Director

  Hall, Peter

• Music by

  Leppard, Raymond,

• Light Designer

  Northen, Michael,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William