A Midsummer Night's Dream

Metropolitan Opera House, (9/21/1954 - 10/17/1954)

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Opening Date:	Sep 21, 1954
Closing Date:	Oct 17, 1954	Total Performances:	29

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway

Setting: Athens, and a wood near it.

Opening Night Credits

Production Staff
Presented by S. Hurok; Produced by arrangement with Old Vic Trust, Ltd. and Arts Council of Great Britain
Originally produced by The Old Vic Company
Written by William Shakespeare; Music by Felix Mendelssohn; Music arranged by Gordon Jacob
Directed by Michael Benthall; Choreographed by Robert Helpmann; "Nocturne" arranged by Frederick Ashton
Costume Design by Christopher Ironside and Robin Ironside
Company Manager: Edward Haas; Administrator: Mae Frohman and Walter Prude; Business Manager: Douglas Morris
Stage Manager: David Turnbull; Production Manager for The Old Vic, London: J.A. Titcombe; Stage Director: Mick Orr; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Bell
Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold; Guest Conductor: Arthur Lief; Orchestra Manager: George Koukly
General Press Representative: Martin Feinstein; Advance Representative: Gertrude Bromberg; Publicity Manager for Old Vic: Patrick Ide; Ballet Mistress: Barbara Fewster

Cast

Robert Helpmann	Oberon
Stanley Holloway	Nick Bottom A weaver
Moira Shearer	Titania
Valerie Adams	Corps de Ballet
Ivan Baptie	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Joan Benham	Helena
Jocelyn Britton	Fairy
	Peaseblossom
	Corps de Ballet
Mary Brookes	Corps de Ballet
Louise Carley	Corps de Ballet
Rudolfo Cornejo	Indian Boy
Margaret Courtenay	Hippolyta
Tania d'Avray	Cobweb
	Corps de Ballet
Nadia de Lichtenberg	Corps de Ballet
John Dearth	Egeus
Juliet Ellice	Corps de Ballet
Mary Fenwick	Corps de Ballet
Jeremy Geidt	Ensemble
Philip Guard	Puck Robin Goodfellow
Phyllis Harcourt	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
David Harding	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Michael Hayes	Ensemble
Vivienne Hetzel	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
David Hurst	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Peter Johnson	Philostrate
Lana Kassinova	Corps de Ballet
Joan King	Mustardseed
	Corps de Ballet
Margaret Knoesen	Corps de Ballet
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Ensemble
Philip Locke	Francis Flute A bellows-mender
Terence Longdon	Lysander
Patrick MacNee	Demetrius
Eliot Makeham	Peter Quince A carpenter
William Martin	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Kenneth Melville	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Rosemary Moore	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Henry Naughton	Corps de Ballet
Gillian Neason	Ensemble
	Singer
Anthony Nicholls	Theseus
Joanne Nisbet	Corps de Ballet
Michael Redington	Snug A joiner
David Reynolds	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
David Rose	Ensemble
Norman Rossington	Tom Snout A tinker
Betty Shale	Ensemble
Jane Shore	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Josephine Spaull	Corps de Ballet
Suzanne Steele	Ensemble
	Singer
David Stevens	Ensemble
Daniel Thorndike	Robin Starveling A tailor
Sven van Zyl	Ensemble
	Corps de Ballet
Elisabeth Wade	Ensemble
	Singer
Ann Walford	Hermia Daughter of Egeus
Anne Wilson	Ensemble
	Singer
Sheila Wright	Moth
	Corps de Ballet