A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Royal Shakespeare Company (2025)

Plot Summary

Filmed live in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2024. Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) in the RSC’s smash-hit sell-out production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Four young lovers, faced with the prospect of unhappy marriage or worse, flee the court of Athens and stumble into an enchanted forest. Nearby, a group of amateur actors rehearse a play to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding. As these mere mortals cross paths with a warring fairy King and Queen, chaos reigns in the natural world. The lines between reality and illusion start to blur and no one but mischievous Puck knows what is true and what is magic. Let Shakespeare’s captivating comedy transport you to the most magical of midsummer nights. Director Eleanor Rhode returns to the RSC with a ‘joyous’ (The Times) Dream that is magical, mischievous and full of wonder.

Full Cast & Characters

Nicholas Armfield

Demetrius

Mathew Baynton

Nick Bottom

Emily Cundick

Snout

Bally Gill

Theseus / Oberon

Esme Hough

Cobweb

Ryan Hutton

Lysander

Charlotte Jaconelli

Peaseblossom

Laurie Jamieson

Snug

Neil McCaul

Egeus

Helen Monks

Rita Quince

Michael Olatunji

Moth

Adrian Richards

Philostrate

Director & Crew

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