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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Garsington Opera and Royal Shakespeare Company

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Garsington OperaThe Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe, South-East, HP14 3YE, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op.21
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Incidental Music)
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers
Royal Shakespeare Company
Douglas BoydConductor
Owen HorsleyDirector
Rosanna VizeSet Designer
The Gascoigne Orchestra
Anna SiderisSoprano
Catherine BackhouseMezzo-soprano
Oliver JohnstoneActorPuck
Forbes MassonActorBottom
Joan IyiolaActorHermia
Hedydd DylanActorHelena
Simon ManyondaActorDemetrius
Marty CruickshankActorTitania/ Hippolyta
David RintoulActorOberon/ Theseus
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Read our review
Garsington's Dream devoid of magic
Mark Pullinger, 16th July
Garsington’s first collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company married an abridgement of Shakespeare’s play with Mendelssohn’s incidental music, a union which promised much but which stumbled awkwardly.
**111
Read reviews of
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Incidental Music)A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op.21Anna SiderisCatherine BackhouseDavid RintoulDouglas BoydFelix MendelssohnForbes MassonHedydd DylanJoan IyiolaMarty CruickshankOliver JohnstoneOwen HorsleyRosanna VizeRoyal Shakespeare CompanySimon ManyondaThe Gascoigne OrchestraWilliam Shakespeare
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