Synopsis
Children's drama: Cook and Line from Swashbuckle help William Shakespeare put on a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, with Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom.
Magic Hands | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Fabulous Fairies
Poetry programme for pre-school children: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. To celebrate the 400-year legacy of Shakespeare, Aimee and Ashley head off to an enchanted forest to discover why Bobbles and Pink Bird, dressing up as King and Queen of the Fairies, have fallen out so badly. Here they meet some squabbling fairies, a playful elf and Leapy Lion dressed as a man with a donkey's head!
Drama on 3 | Mendelssohn Weekend - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Part 2
A rare chance to watch Shakespeare's play and Mendelssohn's complete incidental music for it, in a recording from Middle Temple Hall. Tim Carroll talks about the production.