Ergebnis für "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Kunst & Unterhaltung

BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.

Enter the enchanting world of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This beloved comedy weaves together love, magic, and whimsical characters in a delightful tale that has captivated audiences for centuries.

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Here is a wonderful combination of the Old Vic Company performing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream accompanied by music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's best early works: an airy, romantic romp in the woods among bumbling rustics, temporarily star-crossed lovers, and the charming fairies who bewitch them all. Drawing on a popular English folk legend and annual, Shakespeare weaves a chaotic and comical tale of misunderstanding, mischief, and magic in which, like the dream-state it mimics, no harm is permanent and all is pleasantly resolved by the play's end.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is a whimsical comedy set in Athens and a magical forest. It follows four young lovers and a group of amateur actors who wander into an enchanted wood. There, mischievous fairy Puck and his master, Oberon, the Fairy King, create chaos with a love potion, causing characters to fall in and out of love in unpredictable ways. Meanwhile, the actors, led by the bumbling Bottom, prepare a play for the Duke's wedding. After a night of humorous confusion, love is restored to its rightful place, and the couples return to Athens to celebrate harmony(...

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, four Athenian lovers flee into a magical forest, where mischievous fairies, led by King Oberon and the trickster Puck, cause chaos with a love potion. Meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearses a play, and their leader, Bottom, is transformed into a donkey. The fairy queen, Titania, falls in love with him under a spell. After much confusion, order is restored, true love prevails, and the play is performed at the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta, ending in joyful celebration. Summary by Beauty_23

Escape the confines of lockdown for an hour or two and enter a world of magic and mischief. From the court of Theseus to enchanted woodlands, follow the story of our heroes as they escape Athens in pursuit of true love, just to get caught in a complex love triangle (rectangle?) at the hands of mischievous fairies. Will they reach their happily ever after? And how exactly does the donkey come into it?Jazz Hands Productions are bringing you a radio play of the enchanting Shakespearean comedy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which will be available to listen to from Saturday, June 13. Before the ...

"A Midsummer Night's Dream," a comedy by William Shakespeare, intertwines the lives of two young couples, a group of amateur actors, and the mystical fairies of an enchanted forest. The play humorously explores themes of love and desire, as the characters' romantic entanglements become complicated by magical interventions. Central to the plot are the mischievous pranks of Puck, a fairy servant, leading to amusing mix-ups and transformations, most notably turning an actor, Nick Bottom, into a donkey. This light-hearted play combines elements of fantasy, romance, and comedy, showcasing ...

Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the ...

In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas. Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wrote - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - inspired Alastair Humphreys. It made him fall in love with Spain - the landscapes and the spirit - and with Laurie's style of travel. Alastair dreamed of retracing Laurie Lee’s footsteps but could never get past the hurdle of being distinctly unmusical. This year, he decided to go anyway.

Shakespeare's lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both those who know and love the works of Shakespeare and those who have yet to discover them.