Shakespeare in Performance: Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909, Charles Kent)
| Title | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Release Locations | USA |
| Director | Charles Kent |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 8 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | general public |
| Play Connections | A Midsummer Night's Dream (abridgment) |
Description
One of the Vitagraph Shakespeare films that were made in Brooklyn at the dawn of the motion picture industry (see 640 for discussion). Although early American movie-making tended to be dominated more by movie than by theatrical people, Vitagraph did hire a man of the theatre, William V. Ranous, to supervise its Shakespeare films. In making this one, the director eschewed the mercury-vapour lamps of the studios in favor of going outdoors in search of realistic exterior locations
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Charles Kent |
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Company Overview
| Producer | Vitagraph |
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Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell