The Reunion | Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Duration: 41'35''

Synopsis

Sue MacGregor reunites cast and creatives to explore how director Peter Brook's revolutionary A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RSC in 1970 changed theatre and Shakespeare forever.

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