query: who played lysander in midsummer night 's dream

pos: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 romantic comedy fantasy film based on the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. It was directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as Puck, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, and Dominic West as the four lovers. In 19th century Monte Athena, in the Kingdom of Italy, young lovers Lysander (Dominic West) and Hermia (Anna Friel) are forbidden to marry by her father Egeus (Bernard Hill), who has

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania's changeling ward—in the story must be considered in the context of the "culture of early modern England" as a commentary on the "aesthetic rigidities of comic form and political ideologies of the prevailing order". Aspects of ambiguous sexuality and gender conflict in the story are also addressed in essays by Shirley Garner and William W.E. Slights albeit all the characters are played by males. Male dominance is one thematic element found in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Lysander and Hermia escape into the woods for a night where they do not fall under the laws

neg: Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Eventually, the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia. Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, never seeing a man again or marrying Demetrius, she and Lysander run away into the forest. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being

neg: Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, never seeing a man again or marrying Demetrius, she and Lysander run away into the forest. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena.

neg: Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) loves Helena. Demetrius watched the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe performed by the six craftsmen on Duke Theseus and the Duchess's wedding day at night, alongside Helena, Lysander and Hermia. Demetrius and the other four lovers share a wedding with Theseus and his soon-to-be wife. Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Demetrius is one of the iconic lovers in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He is a young Athenian who is engaged to another young Athenian, Hermia. He claims to love her, but really appears this way to gain Duke Theseus' and Egeus' support (in one interpretation). However, Hermia

neg: Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Demetrius is one of the iconic lovers in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He is a young Athenian who is engaged to another young Athenian, Hermia. He claims to love her, but really appears this way to gain Duke Theseus' and Egeus' support (in one interpretation). However, Hermia does not love Demetrius, but instead she loves a man called Lysander. Demetrius follows Hermia and Lysander into the woods once they have fled Athens, whilst Helena follows him. Helena craves Demetrius' love but he doesn't return her love and instead finds her annoying and

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) love with Hermia, pursues them into the forest. He is followed by Helena (Jean Muir), who is desperate to reclaim Demetrius' love. Helena continues to make advances towards Demetrius, promising to love him more than Hermia, but he rebuffs her with cruel insults. When Oberon sees this, he orders Puck to spread some of the love potion on the eyelids of Demetrius. When Puck later discovers the sleeping Lysander, he mistakes him for Demetrius—not having seen either before—and administers the love potion to the sleeping Lysander. During the night, Helena comes across the sleeping Lysander and wakes him up while

neg: Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) End's Well". Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena is a fictional character and one of the four young lovers – Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena – featured in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She is the daughter of Nedar, and a friend of Hermia (with whom she often compares herself). Prior to the play's beginning, she is betrothed to the nobleman Demetrius but is jilted when his affections turn to Hermia. Despite this, Helena's abiding love for Demetrius remains consistent throughout the play. Hermia and her suitor, Lysander, confide in Helena that they plan to elope. In the

neg: Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena is a fictional character and one of the four young lovers – Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena – featured in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She is the daughter of Nedar, and a friend of Hermia (with whom she often compares herself). Prior to the play's beginning, she is betrothed to the nobleman Demetrius but is jilted when his affections turn to Hermia. Despite this, Helena's abiding love for Demetrius remains consistent throughout the play. Hermia and her suitor, Lysander, confide in Helena that they plan to elope. In the hopes that

neg: Hermia and Lysander (painting) Hermia and Lysander (painting) Hermia and Lysander is a watercolor painting created in 1870 by British illustrator and miniature portrait painter John Simmons. Based on a scene from Act II, scene II of William Shakespeare's comedy play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", it measures . Paintings of fairies had a resurgence of popularity in the 19th century with many based on scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Simmons produced several pieces in this genre. According to Christopher Wood, an expert in Victorian art, the details included in Simmons' fairy paintings were "executed with an astonishing clarity" and gave the impression

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream in the forest. There is a dispute over the scenario of the play as it is cited at first by Theseus that "four happy days bring in another moon". The wood episode then takes place at a night of no moon, but Lysander asserts that there will be so much light in the very night they will escape that dew on the grass will be shining like liquid pearls. Also, in the next scene, Quince states that they will rehearse in moonlight, which creates a real confusion. It is possible that the Moon set during the night allowing Lysander to

neg: Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) she will gain back some of his respect, Helena tells Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander's plans and, the next night, they follow the escaping lovers into the forest. Though Demetrius is deliberately cruel towards her, Helena remains intent in her devotion. Her ardor catches the attention of Oberon, who commands that Puck enchant Demetrius so that he will fall back in love with Helena. When Puck mistakenly enchants a sleeping Lysander instead, Lysander wakes and falls instantly in love with Helena. He pursues a shocked and hurt Helena, deserting a sleeping Hermia. Oberon, trying to correct Puck's error, then puts

neg: Get Over It (film) singer, Berke wins a minor role in the play, a modern musical version of Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" called "A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Eve", written and directed by the school's domineering drama teacher, Dr. Desmond Oates. Striker plays Demetrius, Allison plays Hermia, Kelly plays Helena, and Lysander is to be played by the school's star actor, Peter Wong. But after Peter is injured in a freak accident, Striker nominates Berke to take over the role of Lysander, and, still intent on winning Allison back, Berke accepts. He gradually improves with continuing assistance from Kelly, but remains unaware of

neg: Oliver Farnworth drama "The Royal", playing a character called Nev Cartwright. In 2008 Farnworth played the leading role in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" at the Harrogate Theatre, and Lysander with the British Shakespeare Company in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In 2009 he appeared in "The Merchant of Venice" at Penshurst Place Gardens in Kent. In April 2010 Farnworth appeared in the West End production of "Holding the Man" at the Trafalgar Studios. In 2014 he played Florian Dupont, a Belgian refugee, in the TV series "Mr. Selfridge" before joining the cast of "Coronation Street" as Andy Carver; his departure was announced

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1968 film of William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Peter Hall. It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, David Warner as Lysander, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film) "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été" (A Midsummer Night's Dream) is a French TV film from 1969. It is based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, and was directed by Jean-Christophe Averty. The four lovers Hermia (Christine Delaroche), Helena (Claude Jade), Lysander (Michel Ruhl), and Demetrius (Dominique Serina) have fled to a forest near Athens to escape from their parents' marriage plans. The situation is a bad one, because Helena's beloved Demetrius is in love with Hermia. Since Helena wants to win over Demetrius, she reveals the escape plan. The four wander through

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film) TV, a critic at WDR remarked: "Rather than being accused of having too few ideas, Averty has created a colourful phantasmagoria against which categories like arts, crafts, or kitsch fail." A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film) "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été" (A Midsummer Night's Dream) is a French TV film from 1969. It is based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, and was directed by Jean-Christophe Averty. The four lovers Hermia (Christine Delaroche), Helena (Claude Jade), Lysander (Michel Ruhl), and Demetrius (Dominique Serina) have fled to a forest near Athens to escape from their parents' marriage plans. The

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream immediately falls in love with Helena. Helena, thinking Lysander is playing a trick on her, runs away with Lysander following her. When Hermia wakes up, she sees that Lysander is gone and goes out in the woods to find him. Oberon sees Demetrius still following Hermia, who thinks Demetrius killed Lysander, and is enraged. When Demetrius goes to sleep, Oberon sends Puck to get Helena while he charms Demetrius' eyes. Upon waking up, he sees Helena. Now, both men are in love with Helena. However, she is convinced that her two suitors are mocking her, as neither loved her originally.

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) love with Helena, who is convinced that her two suitors are simply mocking her. When Hermia encounters Helena with her two suitors, she accuses Helena of stealing Lysander away from her. The four quarrel with each other until Lysander and Demetrius become so enraged that they seek a place to duel each other to prove whose love for Helena is the greatest. Oberon orders Puck to keep Lysander and Demetrius from catching up with one another and to remove the charm from Lysander. After Puck applies the potion to the sleeping Lysander's eyes, he returns to loving Hermia, while Demetrius

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream men to make sure Lysander doesn't get hurt or killed. Oberon orders Puck to keep Lysander and Demetrius from catching up with one another and to remove the charm from Lysander so Lysander can return to love Hermia, while Demetrius continues to love Helena. Meanwhile, Quince and his band of six labourers ("rude mechanicals", as they are described by Puck) have arranged to perform their play about Pyramus and Thisbe for Theseus' wedding and venture into the forest, near Titania's bower, for their rehearsal. Bottom is spotted by Puck, who (taking his name to be another word for a jackass)

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) the house and its occupants with good fortune. After everyone leaves, Puck suggests to the audience that what they just experienced might be nothing but a dream. The Athenian Court The Players The Fairies Casting notes:<br> Many of the actors in this version had never previously performed Shakespeare and would not do so again, especially Cagney and Brown, who were nevertheless highly acclaimed for their performances. Many critics agreed that Dick Powell was miscast as Lysander, and Powell himself concurred with the critics' verdict. Olivia de Havilland originally played the role of Hermia in Max Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl stage production

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera) and powers of mimicry, and suddenly realised we could do Puck this way." There are many recordings available, including two conducted by the composer, one a live recording of the 11 June 1960 premiere with the complete original cast, the second a studio recording made in 1967 with some of the original cast, Deller as Oberon, Owen Brannigan as Bottom, and Peter Pears elevated from Flute to Lysander, which omits some music from the lovers' awakening early in act 3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film) lifts the spell and the wedding of the duke and Hippolyta can proceed. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1909 American film directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton, and starring Walter Ackerman and Charles Chapman. It was the first film adaptation of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare. The movie was made during summer 1909, but not released until 25 December. The Duke of Athens decrees that Hermia (Rose Tapley) shall forsake Lysander (Maurice Costello) in favour of her father's choice, Demetrius (Walter Ackerman). The lovers elope into the woods, quickly followed

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1909 American film directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton, and starring Walter Ackerman and Charles Chapman. It was the first film adaptation of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare. The movie was made during summer 1909, but not released until 25 December. The Duke of Athens decrees that Hermia (Rose Tapley) shall forsake Lysander (Maurice Costello) in favour of her father's choice, Demetrius (Walter Ackerman). The lovers elope into the woods, quickly followed by Demetrius and his love, Helena (Julia Swayne Gordon). The town tradesmen, meanwhile,

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia finds Lysander and asks why he left her, but Lysander claims and denies he never loved Hermia, but Helena. Hermia accuses Helena of stealing Lysander away from her while Helena believes Hermia joined the two men in mocking her. Hermia tries to attack Helena, but the two men protect Helena. Lysander, tired of Hermia's presence, insults her and tells her to leave. Lysander and Demetrius decide to seek a place to duel to prove whose love for Helena is the greater. The two girls go their own separate ways, Helena hoping to reach Athens and Hermia chasing after the

neg: Egeus Egeus Egeus is a character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", the comedy by William Shakespeare. He is an Athenian who tries to keep his daughter, Hermia, from marrying Lysander the man she loves. In original performances, the actor for his role probably played the part of Philostrate as well. Appearing in Scene 1 and Scene 11, Egeus is the father of Hermia, who disapproves of Hermia's and Lysander's love, appealing to Theseus to force Hermia to marry Demetrius. If Hermia refuses to wed Demetrius, she could be put to death, or cloistered in a nunnery for the rest of her

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) Demetrius does not love Hermia any more, Theseus overrules Egeus's demands and arranges a group wedding—Hermia to marry Lysander, and Helena to marry Demetrius. The lovers decide that the previous night's events must have been a dream. That night at the wedding, they all watch Bottom and his fellow players perform "Pyramus and Thisbe". Unprepared as they are, the performers are so terrible playing their roles, the guests laugh as if it were meant to be a comedy. Before the encore, the guests sneak away and retire to bed. Afterwards, Oberon, Titania, Puck, and the other fairies enter, and bless

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream writing to be "subtle and ethereal", and standing above literary criticism and its reductive reasoning. Also in 1849, Georg Gottfried Gervinus wrote extensively about the play. He denied the theory that this play should be seen as a dream. He argued that it should be seen as an ethical construct and an allegory. He thought that it was an allegorical depiction of the errors of sensual love, which is likened to a dream. In his view, Hermia lacks in filial obedience and acts as if devoid of conscience when she runs away with Lysander. Lysander is also guilty for disobeying

neg: Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) They fight over Helena, until Puck lulls them to sleep, and then Puck reverses the spell upon Lysander so that Lysander will love Hermia again. The spell on Demetrius, however, is not removed, and the play ends with Demetrius very much in love with Helena. Thus the love plot is balanced, with Lysander and Hermia forming one couple, and Demetrius and Helena forming another couple. Demetrius has to marry Hermia, while Hermia wants to marry Lysander. When Puck corrects his mistake and Demetrius then falls for Helena, it is because of the love potion. But somewhere deep down Demetrius truly

neg: Yehezkel Lazarov in "The Threepenny Opera" at the Gesher Theatre (winning the Israeli Theatre Award for best actor), Lysander in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", Figaro in "The Marriage of Figaro", Avigdor in "Yentl", Alexander Pen in "Was It a Dream?", Rudi in "The Aristocrats", the titular roles in Sholom Aleichem's "Stempenyu" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and Zach in "A Chorus Line". In addition to his work as an actor, Lazarov has served as the in-house choreographer at the Gesher Theatre and Cameri Theatre. Lazarov has played leading roles in more than 40 films and television productions, including "The Mentalist", "Mama’s

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) promised Hermia to Demetrius (Christian Bale). Lysander and Hermia make plans to flee to the forest to escape the arrangement. Demetrius follows them, having been made aware of the plan by Helena (Calista Flockhart), a young woman who is desperately in love with him. Once in the forest, they wander into the fairy world, ruled by Oberon (Rupert Everett) and Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer), King and Queen of the fairies. Oberon and his servant sprite Puck (Stanley Tucci) cause mayhem among the lovers with a magic potion that causes both Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena, leading to

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969 film) the thicket in the kingdom of the elves. There, the elf couple Oberon (Jean-Claude Drouot) and Titania (Christiane Minazzoli) are arguing furiously. Hoping to solve the lovers' romantic problems, the spirit Puck drops a magical potion into the eyes of the young man he believes to be Demetrius. The potion's effect is to make the man fall in love with the first being he sees upon awaking. But Puck is mistaken: the sleeping man was Lysander. Now both Lysander and Demetrius are competing for the same woman, Hermia, who previously nobody had loved. Hermia's jealousy is reawakened. Standing between the

neg: Sean Harris Harris was a member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, where he performed in stage productions such as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet directed by Giles Havergal and as Carino in Don Juan directed by Robert David MacDonald. He also appeared as Lysander in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) and as Johnny in a Nottingham Playhouse production of Angels Rave On, directed by Jonathan Church. Harris' television credits include serial killer Ian Brady, on ITV1's television mini-series, "" (2006), the 2007 television films hi "Wedding Belles," Channel 4's drama series

neg: Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Oberon feels pity on Helena and decides to help her by putting love juice on Demetrius's eyes, thereby compelling Demetrius to return Helena's love. Oberon instructs Puck, another fairy, to pour love juice on the eyelids of the "Athenian man" However, Puck sees Lysander sleeping, and pours the love juice in Lysander's eyes instead, thus causing Lysander to fall in love with Helena (and abandon Hermia), while Demetrius's love for Hermia continues unaltered. Later, Puck pours the love juice in Demetrius's eyes as well, with the result of both Demetrius and Lysander falling in love with Helena and despising Hermia.

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream and arranges everything so Helena, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander will all believe they have been dreaming when they awaken. Puck distracts Lysander and Demetrius from fighting over Helena's love by mimicking their voices and leading them apart. Eventually, all four find themselves separately falling asleep in the glade. Once they fall asleep, Puck administers the love potion to Lysander again, returning his love to Hermia again, and claiming all will be well in the morning. The fairies then disappear, and Theseus and Hippolyta arrive on the scene, during an early morning hunt. They find the lovers still sleeping in the

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream love, tells Demetrius about the plan and he follows them in hopes of finding Hermia. Helena continually makes advances towards Demetrius, promising to love him more than Hermia. However, he rebuffs her with cruel insults against her. Observing this, Oberon orders Puck to spread some of the magical juice from the flower on the eyelids of the young Athenian man. Instead, Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius, not having actually seen either before, and administers the juice to the sleeping Lysander. Helena, coming across him, wakes him while attempting to determine whether he is dead or asleep. Upon this happening, Lysander

neg: The Pitcher Shower are interrupted during fellatio by Arlis and Sharline. As the projector's sound is broken, that night the four show "A Midsummer Night's Dream" reading the parts themselves. Having recognized the parallels to their situation, Hoppy plays Lysander (and Bottom), Arlis plays Demetrius, Sharline plays Hermia, and Helen plays Helena, in addition to other roles for each. The fairies Sharline sees now appear to the four "voice actors" and the audience. At midnight, after the movie, they hear that Binns has been sighted. Hoppy chases his car but cannot find him. The next day Arlis and Helen leave for California. Hoppy

neg: Dominic West as the American police detective Jimmy McNulty. West was praised for the accuracy of his character's American accent. His debut as a director was while being on "The Wire"; he directed the episode "Took" (2008). West starred as Lysander in the 1999 film version of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In feature films, he portrayed the heavy metal guitarist Kirk Cuddy in the 2001 film "Rock Star". West played "Fred Casely" in 2002 film Chicago. In 2006 West played the Spartan politician Theron in "300" and made a guest appearance as an actor in a sketch in "The Catherine

neg: Anders Heinrichsen which won The Golden Marc'Aurelio Jury Award for 2009 at the International Rome Film Festival. In 2010 Heinrichsen appeared as Fagot in Aarhus Theatre's stage production of "Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov and the Royal Danish Theatre's production of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". In March 2011 he played in the opening of Caféteatret's experimental theatre Zonen and in summer 2011 he appeared as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and played the leading part in H.C. Andersen's "The Pig Boy" - both at Holbaek Theatre. He hosted the 22nd edition of Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival

neg: William Rignold amusing as a foppish man of the world" in "The Romance of a Poor Young Man" at the same theatre. His brother George was also a member of the company at the Theatre Royal. In the production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with which the new Theatre Royal, Bath, opened on 4 March 1863 William played Lysander, and George played Theseus, in a cast that included Charles Coghlan, Henrietta Hodson, Ellen Terry, William Robertson and his daughter Madge. Rignold made his London debut in 1869 in "Marie Antoinette" at the Princess's Theatre, receiving a good review from the leading theatrical

neg: Marc Rissmann direction of Kay Voges, he played the Lysander in Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 2009 to 2011 he was a permanent member of the ensemble Theater Magdeburg engaged. Since 2011 he has worked as a freelance actor. He has since played in several film and television roles. Marc Rissmann Marc Rissmann, also known as Marc Rißmann, (born 1980) is a German actor. He is set to feature in the eighth season of Game of Thrones as Harry Strickland the commander of the Golden Company. Marc Rissmann first studied Sports science. He graduated from October 2005 to October 2009,

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) puts all to rights, pairing Lysander back with Hermia and Demetrius with Helena, and reconciling with his own queen, Titania. In the final part, Bottom and his troupe of "rude Mechanicals" perform their amateur play, based on the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, before Duke Theseus (David Strathairn), his wife Hippolyta (Sophie Marceau), and the court, unintentionally producing a comedy that turns to be a tragedy. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was filmed on location in Lazio and Tuscany, and at Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy. The action of the play was transported from Athens, Greece, to a fictional Monte Athena, located

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander, Demetrius and Helenus (a male Helena), the play was carried to a more gender fluid era. The last performance was broadcast live all around the world through internet. W. Stanley Moss adopted the quotation, "Ill met by moonlight, (proud Titania)", from A Midsummer Night's Dream as the title of his best-selling book "Ill Met by Moonlight" published in 1950 describing the Kidnap of General Kreipe. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, directed and produced by Michael Powell and released in 1957. It featured Dirk Bogarde as Patrick Leigh Fermor and David Oxley as Moss.

neg: Alan Howard Lysander in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". Staged by Wendy Toye and starring Ralph Richardson, the productions were first seen at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. At the Phoenix Theatre in May 1965 he was "boldly playing" Simon Challoner in Julian Mitchell’s fine stage adaptation of "A Heritage and Its History"; ending the year at the Nottingham Playhouse as Angelo in "Measure for Measure" and Bolingbroke in "Richard II", co-starring with Judi Dench and Edward Woodward. Howard first joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1966, cast as Orsino in "Twelfth Night", Burgundy in "Henry V" and Lussurioso in "The Revenger's

neg: Robert Lindsay (actor) roles in British films such as "That'll Be The Day" (1973), "Three for All" (1975), and "Adventures of a Taxi Driver" (1976). He came to prominence as the cockney layabout Jakey Smith in the ITV comedy series "Get Some In!" (1975–1977) and was given the starring role as delusional revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom "Citizen Smith" (1977–1980), which raised his profile. Towards the end of the run of "Citizen Smith", Lindsay won roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare series, including Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1981), Fabian in "Twelfth Night" (1980) and Benedick in "Much Ado About

neg: A Midsummer Night's Rave "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to modern rave culture. Unlike "Rave Macbeth"—released a year earlier and also adapting a Shakespeare play, "Macbeth", into the context of rave culture—"A Midsummer Night's Rave's" plot also explores the characters' activities outside of the rave: Xander (Lysander) and Mia (Hermia) needs the aid of a rave and a green glowing drug, provided by a British mystic, O. B. John (Oberon), to admit their love for each other; a drug dealer, apparently modelled on Shylock, named Doc wants his stolen drug money; and Nick (Nick Bottom) dons a donkey costume at a daycare center. The plot

neg: Peter O'Toole recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his television debut in 1954. He played a soldier in an episode of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" in 1954. He was based at the Bristol Old Vic from 1956 to 1958, appearing in productions of "King Lear" (1956), "The Recruiting Officer" (1956), "Major Barbara" (1956), "Othello" (1956), and "The Slave of Truth" (1956). He was Henry Higgins in "Pygmalion" (1957), Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1957) , Uncle Gustve in "Oh! My Papa!" (1957), and Jimmy Porter in "Look Back in Anger"

neg: Geoffrey Shovelton Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", and Lysander in Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He returned to the Savoy Operas in 1973 with the touring companies Gilbert and Sullivan for All in the UK and The World of Gilbert & Sullivan in Australasia and the US. Having joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as principal tenor at the beginning of the 1975–76 season, Shovelton initially played Tolloller in "Iolanthe", Nanki-Poo in "The Mikado", Colonel Fairfax in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and later that season added the roles of Luiz in "The Gondoliers" and the Duke of Dunstable in "Patience".

neg: Michael C. Hall at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He also performed in the workshop production of what was then known as Sondheim's "Wise Guys", later versions of which were titled "Bounce" and, finally, "Road Show". He sang the role of Paris Singer; this character's songs and function in the play were transferred to the character Hollis Bessamer in the final version of the play. In Los Angeles, Hall appeared in "Skylight" at the Mark Taper Forum. He also was part of the Texas Shakespeare Festival the summer of 1995. He played Lancelot in "Camelot", Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Claudio in

neg: John Dagleish for his performance. He was also nominated for the "London Evening Standard" emerging talent award. As part of the original cast he appeared on the original london cast album. In 2015 he joined the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, appearing in productions of Harlequinade and The Winter's Tale at the Garrick Theatre In 2016 he played Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Young Vic. In May 2017 he appeared in "Common" at the Royal National Theatre. Later that year, he appeared in "Justice League". John Dagleish John Dagleish is a British actor known for his work in theatre. Renowend

neg: Jesse Aaron Dwyre & Juliet, Loves Labours Lost, Caesar & Cleopatra" with Christopher Plummer, "Three Sisters" directed by Martha Henry, and was featured as Ezekiel Edgeworth the stealthy cutpurse in "Bartholomew Fair" directed by Antoni Cimolino. For Soulpepper ("Great Expectations, Farther West), for the Segal Centre for Performing Arts Jesse played Rothko's assistant Ken in "Red (play)" directed by Martha Henry. For Theatre Calgary ("Of the Fields Lately, Counsellor-at-Law"), Alberta Theatre Projects (World Premiere of "Get Away"), for Tarragon Theatre ("The Ugly One"). He has also performed at the Grand Theatre and Driftwood Theatre as Lysander in ("A Midsummer Night’s Dream"), Trofimov in

neg: George Maran intense and unusual expressiveness. A Midsummer Night's Dream was first performed on 11 June 1960 at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, UK as part of the Aldeburgh Festival. Conducted by the composer, it was directed by the choreographer John Cranko. Maran played the part of Lysander. Maran is fond of saying that Britten wrote the part for him, which to a certain degree is true, since Britten asked Maran to sing the part after hearing his voice and Maran was in on the final production preparations. He has many memorys of his times at the "Red House". In subsequent performances the

neg: Chad Shelton 2002 as Mitch in André Previn's "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg In 2005 he made his debut with the Opéra national de Lorraine as Tamino. He returned there in 2006 to sing the role of Guido Bardi in Alexander von Zemlinsky's "Eine florentinische Tragödie", and again in 2008 to sing Lysander in Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Future international engagements include the title role in Mozart's "Idomeneo" with Opéra national de Lorraine (2009), Lysander with Théâtre de Caen (2009), and Don Ottavio with the Grand Théâtre de Genève (2010) among others. Although Shelton's

neg: Pyramus and Thisbe 1), written in the 1590s, a group of "mechanicals" enact the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe". Their production is crude and, for the most part, badly done until the final monologues of Nick Bottom, as Pyramus and Francis Flute, as Thisbe. The theme of forbidden love is also present in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (albeit a less tragic and dark representation) in that a girl, Hermia, is not able to marry the man she loves, Lysander, because her father Egeus despises him and wishes for her to marry Demetrius, and meanwhile Hermia and Lysander are confident that Helena is in

neg: Hermia de Havilland in the 1935 version and by Anna Friel in the 1999 release. Hermia Hermia is a fictional character from Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She is a girl of ancient Athens named for Hermes, the Greek god of trade. Hermia is caught in a romantic entanglement where she loves one man, Lysander, but is being courted by another, Demetrius, whose feelings she does not return. Though she loves Lysander, Hermia's father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius and has appealed to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, for support. Under Athenian law, Hermia's refusal of her father's command

neg: Hermia Hermia Hermia is a fictional character from Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She is a girl of ancient Athens named for Hermes, the Greek god of trade. Hermia is caught in a romantic entanglement where she loves one man, Lysander, but is being courted by another, Demetrius, whose feelings she does not return. Though she loves Lysander, Hermia's father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius and has appealed to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, for support. Under Athenian law, Hermia's refusal of her father's command would result in her being put to death or being banished to a nunnery.

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream disguises), and discover their "authentic sexual selves". In 1979, Norman N. Holland applied psychoanalytic literary criticism to the play. He interpreted the dream of Hermia as if it was a real dream. In his view, the dream uncovers the phases of Hermia's sexual development. Her search for options is her defence mechanism. She both desires Lysander and wants to retain her virginity. In 1981, Mordecai Marcus argued for a new meaning of Eros (Love) and Thanatos (Death) in this play. In his view, Shakespeare suggests that love requires the risk of death. Love achieves force and direction from the interweaving

neg: Hermia and Lysander (painting) fingers with one hand while indicating the soft forest moss with his other hand. It is the point in the tale of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when he invites her to rest, saying: The painting achieved a sale price of £42,470 when auctioned in New York by Sotheby's in May 2012, a record price for work by this artist. It had previously been auctioned by Sotheby's in London on 19 June 1984 and a decade later by Sotheby's, New York, on 25 May 1994, when it was wrongly attributed to Julius Simmons. Citations Bibliography Hermia and Lysander (painting) Hermia and

neg: Ian Hallard Arts Centre. Since then his roles have included Sordo in "Scenes from an Execution" at the Royal National Theatre, Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Bill Taylor in the Michael Frayn farce "Donkeys' Years", Jack Worthing in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and Judah in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". His recent work includes the National Theatre production "Great Britain" by Richard Bean in the ensemble multi-character role of Jimmy the Bins/ St. John/Felix. In 2015 he played the leading role of Alan Turing in the UK premiere of the Snoo Wilson play "Lovesong of the Electric Bear" at

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) attempting to determine whether he is dead or asleep. When he lays eyes on her, Lysander immediately falls in love with Helena. Meanwhile, the mischievous Puck turns Bottom into a donkey. When Titania wakes up and lays eyes on Bottom as a donkey, she falls in love with him. Oberon finds the abandoned changeling and takes him away. Part two When Oberon sees Demetrius still following Hermia, he instructs Puck to bring Helena to him while he applies the love potion to the sleeping Demetrius' eyes. Upon waking up, Demetrius sees Helena, and now both Lysander and Demetrius are in

neg: Lee Hong-gi Eo Soo-bong, and sang for the sitcom's OST. In 2008, he was offered the lead role in "Master of Study", the Korean adaptation of Japanese drama "Dragon Zakura". "Master of Study" should have aired in the beginning of 2009 but due to preproduction difficulties, the drama was postponed to the beginning of 2010 which led FNC Entertainment to refuse Lee's role because of his busy schedule with the band. Lee then played Lysander in a Korean musical theatre version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where he showcased his singing, acting and dancing skills. In 2009, after a five-year break, he

neg: Matthew Walker (Australian actor) Huang Shi" appearing alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. "Rake" and "The Cut" for the ABC (playing identical twins in "The Cut"), and "Legend of the Seeker" for Disney. Walker is well known for his role as Justin Jefferies, the elder brother of Aden Jefferies in the popular channel 7 soap "Home and away". He has appeared on-stage at the Sydney Opera House with the Bell Shakespeare Company, and with Griffin Theatre Company in the world premiere of "Colder", and the Austrlasian premiere of Tracey Letts "Bug". He played Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Mendelssohn with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana. Meanwhile, Peter Quince (Frank McHugh) and his fellow

neg: Kill Shakespeare suicide. Witnessing injustice and oppression, and believing her 'lost love' Romeo is dead, she assumes the role of Prodigals resistance movement co-leader, and proves herself a courageous warrior. However, unknown to Juliet, Romeo has also survived his own attempted suicide, back in Verona, and attempts to make amends by joining the Knights Paladin, who seek to aid the Prodigals resistance to Richard III and Lady Macbeth. Hamlet knows who Romeo is, but he has not yet told him that his former love is also still alive. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ("Hamlet"), Puck, Demetrius and Lysander ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") and Tamora

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream interconnecting plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which are set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon. The play opens with Hermia, who is in love with Lysander, resistant to her father Egeus's demand that she wed Demetrius, whom he has arranged for her to marry. Helena, Hermia's best friend, pines unrequitedly for Demetrius, who broke up with her to be with Hermia. Enraged, Egeus invokes an ancient Athenian law before Duke Theseus, whereby a daughter needs to marry

neg: Bill Irwin a role in the Sam Shepard film "Silent Tongue" in 1994, and he appeared in film adaptations of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "The Laramie Project" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He played an ex-brain surgeon, house salesman in the Nickelodeon series "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". In 2006, Irwin played the solitary Mr. Leeds in M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" and had a small role in 2007's "Across the Universe". He received critical acclaim for his role as Paul, father to Anne Hathaway's character Kym, in the 2008 drama "Rachel Getting Married". Irwin's most notable television

neg: David Hillman English National Opera (and the latter role also for Opera North). He sang numerous roles for Scottish Opera in the 1970s and 1980s, including Eisenstein, Nero in "L'incoronazione di Poppea", Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Almaviva in "The Barber of Seville", Cassio in "Otello", Macduff in "Macbeth" and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In his later years he continued to sing with smaller companies. David Hillman's death in 2009 was caused by a brain tumour. 1973 1975 1982 1987 David Hillman David Hillman (21 November 1934 – 8 August 2009) was an English operatic tenor who sang with all

neg: Dick Powell (1935) and "Broadway Gondolier" (1935), both with Joan Blondell. He supported Marion Davies in "Page Miss Glory" (1935), made for Cosmopolitan Pictures, a production company financed by Davies' lover William Randolph Hearst who released through Warners. Warners gave him a change of pace, casting him as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935). More typical was "Shipmates Forever" (1935) with Keeler. 20th Century Fox borrowed him for "Thanks a Million" (1935) then back at Warners he did "Colleen" (1936) with Keeler and Blondell. Powell was reunited with Marion Davies in another for Cosmopolitan, "Hearts Divided" (1936), playing Napoleon's brother. He

neg: Nicholas Magallanes was also featured on several other broadcasts including: "Camera Three" for CBS as Prince Siegfried in "Swan Lake" (1956), "Omnibus" in "A Midwinter Night's Dream" (1961) and episodes of "The Bell Telephone Hour" for NBC (1962–1964). His performances on film included a collaboration with Tanaquil Le Clercq dancing "La Valse" (1951) and with Louis Falco in a production of "Dionysus" in the role of Pentheus (1963). In 1967 he also collaborated with Suzanne Farrell, Edward Villella and Francisco Moncion in Balanchine's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" dancing the role of Lysander. Never a virtuoso, Magallanes had a secure place as one

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet) A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's music to Shakespeare's play of the same name. In addition to the incidental music, Balanchine incorporated other Mendelssohn works into the ballet, including the Overtures to "Athalie", "Son and Stranger", and "The Fair Melusine", the "String Symphony No. 9 in C minor" and "The First Walpurgis Night". "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Balanchine's first completely original full-length ballet, premiered at New York City Ballet on 17 January 1962, with Edward Villella in the role of Oberon, Melissa Hayden in the role

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) someone applies the magical love potion to a sleeping person's eyelids, it makes the victim fall in love with the first living creature seen upon awakening. Oberon comes across a sleeping Titania and applies the love potion to her eyes. He intends to make Titania fall in love with the first creature she sees when waking up, which he is sure will be an animal of the forest. Oberon's intent is to shame Titania into giving up the little Indian changeling. Meanwhile, Hermia and Lysander have escaped to the same forest in hopes of eloping. Demetrius, who is also in

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream fall in love with an ass. In the forest, both couples are beset by problems. Hermia and Lysander are both met by Puck, who provides some comic relief in the play by confounding the four lovers in the forest. However, the play also alludes to serious themes. At the end of the play, Hippolyta and Theseus, happily married, watch the play about the unfortunate lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe, and are able to enjoy and laugh at it. Helena and Demetrius are both oblivious to the dark side of their love, totally unaware of what may have come of the events

neg: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier Moshe Leiser, born 1956 in Antwerp and Patrice Caurier born 1954 in Paris are two opera directors who have worked exclusively as a couple since 1983. They stage productions at theaters in Western Europe. The two directors began their collaboration in 1983 at the Opéra National de Lyon with the opera "A Midsummer Night's Dream" which is also the work of a duo: Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears jointly adapted Shakespeare's play and wrote the libretto; Britten composed and conducted; and Pears created the comic role of Flute/Thisbe, and later sang Lysander. Since this premiere,

neg: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film) rehearse a play in honour of the duke's betrothal to Hippolyta. Back in the forest, Titania, Queen of Fairies (Florence Turner), quarrels with Penelope, who avenges herself by sending Puck (Gladys Hulette) away with a magic herb, which, dabbed on the eyes of a sleeping person, shall make the "victim" fall in love with the first person to appear after awakening. Soon, Lysander and Demetrius are smitten with the wrong girls and Titania has fallen in love with Bottom, the egotistical leader of the tradesmen, whom Puck has turned into an ass (donkey). When Penelope discovers all this mischief, she

neg: Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) flower to fix the love entanglement occurring between the Athenian lovers who are on a merry chase in the forest. He mistakenly administers the charm to the sleeping Lysander instead of Demetrius. Puck provides Nick Bottom with a donkey's head so that Titania will fall in love with a beast and forget her attachment to the slave boy, allowing Oberon to take the child from her. Later, Puck is ordered by Oberon to fix the mistake he has made, by producing a dark fog, leading the lovers astray within it by imitating their voices, and then applying the flower to

neg: Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) the potion on Demetrius. Confused by the two men's change in behaviour, Helena concludes that the other three lovers have banded together to ridicule her. Helena is left confused and hurt by how cruel and unkind her closest friend and her two suitors have become. In the scene's climax, she and Hermia nearly come to blows while the two men set out to kill one another to prove who is more worthy of Helena's affections. Oberon commands Puck to correct the enchantment placed on Lysander. Separated by Oberon's command and Puck's magic, and with dawn approaching, the lovers each go

neg: Zach Appelman Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet". He would then go on act in regional theatre in such productions as "Hamlet, Timon of Athens", "King Lear" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Appelman then went on to the New York City theatre district to perform in Theatre for a New Audience's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Demetrius and Broadway's "War Horse" as Sgt. Fine. Appelman would go to film and television. He would appear in 2013's "Kill Your Darlings" as Luke Detweiler. His first lead role was in 2014's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Demetrius. In 2016, his next film will be an

neg: Christine McKenna Christine McKenna Christine McKenna (born 1951) is a British actress active during the 1970s and 1980s, best known for playing "Christina" in the television series "Flambards". McKenna was a drama student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in the early 1970s. During her summer holidays she learned stage management and theatrical wardrobe at the Byre Theatre. Upon graduating, she appeared in productions for the National Theatre and in the West End of London, including Stephen Sondheim´s "A Little Night Music" with Jean Simmons and Hermione Gingold, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Great Expectations", and played

neg: Siobhan Redmond on radio including in the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and as Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4's ongoing "McLevy" series. Redmond is also a stage actress, having starred in such theatre productions as "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 2003, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she appeared as Maria in "Twelfth Night" in 2007. She played Titania/Hippolyta for Shakespeare's Globe in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in its summer 2008 season. In 2004, Redmond starred in the BBC TV series Sea of Souls as twin sisters Carol

neg: Matthew Waterhouse with a range of Doctor Who actors. Waterhouse's only film appearance was in the 1986 sci-fi thriller, "The Killing Edge". Waterhouse, in a minor role, played a knife man. In 1996 he made the science fiction pilot drama "Ghostlands" for MJTV Productions, and played the character Tom, alongside actors Jacqueline Pearce and Sylvester McCoy. Coincidentally, McCoy played the Seventh Doctor, although Waterhouse had left the show several years before. Waterhouse has appeared in a wide range of theatre productions in the UK, and has appeared in the Shakespeare productions "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (as Puck), "Twelfth Night" (as Fabian), "Macbeth"

neg: Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival Parts 1 and 2 1951 Twelfth Night 1952 The Tempest 1953 Romeo and Juliet 1954 Julius Caesar & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1955 Macbeth & As You Like It 1956 Henry V & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1957 King John & Twelfth Night 1958 King Lear & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959 Henry VIII & The Merchant of Venice 1960 Richard II & The Taming of the Shrew 1961 As You Like It & The Winter's Tale 1962 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1963 Othello & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1964 Romeo and Juliet & Twelfth Night

neg: Eleanor Bufton In 1856 she played Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Henry Morley described her work in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as "whimsical" and described her as "fair". The next year, Bufton was in "The Tempest", performing the role of Ferdinand. Her performance as Ferdinand, a male character, is believed to be the first time a woman played Ferdinand publicly. Bufton performed as Regan in "King Lear" at the Princess's Theatre, too. She then worked for the Royal Strand Theatre. She married Arthur Swanborough, who was the son of the theatre's manager, Ada Swanborough, in 1860. Bufton performed in "Post-boy" in

neg: Royal Air Force Special Duties Service was working up the first clandestine flight was flown by Wing Commander Andrew Geddes, who took an SIS agent to a field near Tours France on the night of 3 September 1940, flying a Lysander. This Lysander was part of an Army Cooperation unit. Flight 419's first mission was undertaken the night of 19/20 October 1940 when Flight Lt. Farley set out to pick-up SIS agent Philip Schneidau. Schneidau had parachuted into France ten days earlier on the night of October 9th. Before he left Schneidau and Farley had worked out how he would be retrieved. As no small wireless

neg: Ed Lyon the Royal Opera House include Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pane in La Calisto, Hylas in Les Troyens and Dancing master in Ariadne auf Naxos. For Opera North, Lyon has sung Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, whilst appearances for Glyndebourne include Hippolyte in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie as well as various roles in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen. Lyon has also sung Telemaco in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria for Welsh National Opera and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for Scottish Opera. He will return to Scottish Opera in February 2016 to sing Lurcanio in Handel's Ariodante. Outside of the UK, Lyon

neg: Derek Jacobi Graves. In 2001, he provided the voice of "Duke Theseus" in "The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream" film. In 2002, Jacobi toured Australia in "The Hollow Crown" with Sir Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson and Dame Diana Rigg. Jacobi also played the role of Senator Gracchus in "Gladiator" and starred in the 2002 miniseries "The Jury". He is also the narrator for the BBC children's series "In the Night Garden...". In 2003, he was involved with "Scream of the Shalka", a webcast based on the science fiction series "Doctor Who". He played the voice of the Doctor's nemesis the Master alongside Richard

neg: Lewis Waller Wilde's "An Ideal Husband", playing Sir Robert Chiltern in a cast that included his wife as Mrs. Cheveley, Julia Neilson as Lady Chiltern and Charles Hawtrey as Lord Goring. Waller and Morrell remained in management until 1897, when Tree invited Waller to join his company at the newly rebuilt Her Majesty's Theatre. Waller remained with Tree for three years, playing a wide range of roles, including romantic leads in popular costume dramas and, in Tree's lavish Shakespeare productions, Laertes in "Hamlet", Brutus in "Julius Caesar", Faulconbridge in "King John" and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". After leaving Tree's company,

neg: Gabriel Thomson Radcliffe. Thomson portrayed Lysander in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" with the British Shakespeare Company on their 2009 tour of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Norway and the Czech Republic. Also starred in the British film "13Hrs". In 2010, Gabriel joined the cast of GB Theatre Company, playing Orlando in "As You Like It" and Dr Caius in "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The tour included the Republic of Ireland, Norway, the Czech Republic and the UK. Gabriel also starred in the film, The Lost Choices, released by Metrodome in the UK on

neg: Niall Morris (singer) Niall Morris (singer) Niall Morris (born 1975) is an Irish classical singer and producer. Born in Dublin, he studied music at Trinity College Dublin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He completed his studies at the National Opera Studio in London. He performed principally with English Touring Opera and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Amongst the opera roles he has performed on stage are Nemorino in "L'elisir d'amore", Davey in Jonathan Dove's "Siren Song", Ralph Rackstraw in "H.M.S. Pinafore", Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni", Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Fenton in "The Merry Wives of Windsor",

neg: Basil Rathbone It". Returning to Britain, he made his first appearance in London at the Savoy Theatre on 9 July 1914, as Finch in "The Sin of David". That December, he appeared at the Shaftesbury Theatre as the Dauphin in "Henry V". During 1915, he toured with Benson and appeared with him at London's Court Theatre in December as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". During the First World War, Rathbone was called up in 1915 via the Derby Scheme into the British Army as a private with the London Scottish Regiment, joining a regiment that also counted in its ranks his

neg: Christian Sturm Handel's "Rodrigo" – Giuliano – and Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" – Lysander, Cavallis "La Didone" – Aeneas, and Belfiore in Mozart's Gärtnerin aus Liebe (production: Christian Pöppelreiter). As a freelance artist he has performed at the Nationaltheater Weimar, at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, among others. Sturm is a regular guest at the Wagner Festival in Austria starring in "Tristan und Isolde", "Parsifal", "Tannhäuser", and "Der Fliegende Holländer". His repertoire extends from Agostino Steffani and Johann Simon Mayr to Wagner and Korngold, as well as the world premiere of operas

neg: Ian Bostridge including Grammy, Edison, Japanese Recording Academy, Brit, South Bank Show Award, Diapason d'Or de l'Année, Choc de l'Année, Echo Klassik and Deutsche Schallplattenpreis. His recording of Schubert's "Die Forelle" with Julius Drake forms part of the soundtrack of the 2011 film "". His album of Shakespeare Song for Warner Classics won the 2017 Grammy award and the Echo Klassik award for solo vocal. Bostridge made his operatic debut in 1994, aged 29, as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Opera Australia at the Edinburgh Festival, directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 1996, he made his debut with the English National

neg: Stratford Festival Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", portraying Romeo and Lysander respectively. Long-serving Artistic Director Richard Monette retired in 2007 after holding the position for fourteen seasons. He was replaced with an artistic team consisting of General Director Antoni Cimolino and Artistic Directors Marti Maraden, Des McAnuff, and Don Shipley. On March 12, 2008 it was announced that Shipley and Maraden would be stepping down, leaving Des McAnuff as sole Artistic Director. In 2013 Des McAnuff was replaced by Antoni Cimolino as Artistic Director As of 2012, the Festival was in a deficit of $3.4 million, but had a surplus of

neg: Jack Holden (actor) unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's celebrated novel Heart of Darkness, starring James McAvoy. From February 2016, Holden was back with the Royal Shakespeare Company taking the part of Lysander in their innovative 'Play for the Nation' - a national tour of Midsummer Night's Dream which visited 12 venues including Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Blackpool Truro the RSC's homes at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. The BBC planned to film the production which involved actors from 12 different amateur theatre companies. Holden is also appearing in the 2017 film "Journey's End". Jack Holden (actor) Jack Holden is

neg: Daniel Hoevels subsequent Shakespearean roles have been Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Romeo Montague in "Romeo and Juliet". From 2005 to 2009 he was part of Thalia Theater Hamburg. From 2009 on he works at Deutsches Theater Berlin. He is noted for bringing a touch of comedy to rather serious roles. On 6 December 2008, Hoevels slit his neck while playing "Mortimer" in "Mary Stuart", written by Friedrich Schiller. His character's suicide scene was to feature a dull knife, though it was damaged and was replaced by a sharp one. Thalia - the theatre company - requested that the sharp

neg: Dashiell Eaves Boy" at the Imperial Theatre. Eaves has appeared Off-Broadway in "Luck of the Irish" at LCT3, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" at Atlantic Theater Company, Frank McGuinness' "Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme" at Lincoln Center and "James Joyce's The Dead" and Quincy Long's "People Be Heard" at Playwrights Horizons. Regionally, Eaves' credits include "The Wild Duck" and "Judgement Day" at Bard Summerscape, and "Brendan" at the Huntington Theater. He has appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Lysander), Elmer Rice's "Street Scene", and Ellen Melaver's "Not Waving". He was part of Martha Clarke's

neg: Norman H. Hackett Marlowe, Kathryn Kidder, James O'Neill (father of Eugene O'Neill), Helena Modjeska, and Robert B. Mantell. Hackett was noted as a Shakespearean actor and lecturer, performing as Henry VIII, Macduff ("Macbeth"), Claudio and Horatio ("Hamlet"), Lysander ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"), Florizel ("A Winter's Tale"), Benvolio ("Romeo and Juliet") and Cassius ("Julius Caesar".) Hackett believed that classic training was the best foundation for an actor, and he took up more modern drama for its popularity. A notable starring performance was in "Satan Saunderson", produced by Stair and Nicolai at the American Theatre (St. Louis; 1911) directed by Jessie Bonstelle. Other roles he

neg: Dieter Dorn 1986, who translated the complete texts: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1978), "Twelfth Night" (1980), "Troilus and Cressida" (1986), "King Lear" (1992), "The Tempest" (1994), and "Cymbeline" (1998). The stage sets were by Jürgen Rose who built large empty spaces. One of his protagonists was Rolf Boysen who played Lear, for example. Dorn promoted contemporary theatre, such as world premieres of the plays of Botho Strauß, in 1988 "Besucher" (Visitors), in 1991 "Schlusschor" (Final Chorus), and in 1996 "Ithaka", with Bruno Ganz. Dorn had become the theatre's director in 1983. Since 2001, he has been the director of the Bavarian Staatsschauspiel

neg: Puck (moon) was given the temporary designation S/1985 U 1. The moon was later named after the character Puck who appears in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", a little sprite who travels around the globe at night with the fairies. In Celtic mythology and English folklore, a "Puck" is a mischievous sprite, imagined as an evil demon by Christians. It is also designated Uranus XV. Puck is the largest small inner moon of Uranus, which orbits inside the orbit of Miranda. It is intermediate in size between Portia (the second-largest inner moon) and Miranda (the smallest of the five large classical moons).

neg: Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival 1965 Love's Labour's Lost & The Tempest 1966 King Lear & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1967 Anthony and Cleopatra & The Taming of the Shrew 1968 Richard III & The Comedy of Errors 1969 Much Ado About Nothing & The Winter's Tale 1970 Twelfth Night & The Merchant of Venice 1971 As You Like It & Richard II 1972 Love's Labour's Lost & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1973 Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1974 Romeo and Juliet & The Comedy of Errors 1975 The Tempest & King Henry IV; part II 1976 Twelfth Night & Henry V 1977