A Midsummer Night's Dream

Natsu No Yo No Yume

New National Theatre, Tokyo

By William Shakespeare

Japanese Translation by Matsuoka Kazuko

This production was first performed at the New National Theatre (Shinkokoritsu Gekijo) in Tokyo on 31st May 2007.

It was revived at the same theatre two years later, opening on 29th May 2009 and it toured to the Aubade Hall in Toyama in June of the same year.

The names of the Japanese creative team and cast appear in the Japanese style with family names first and given names second.

Creative Team

DirectorJohn Caird
DesignerSue Blane
Lighting DesignNakagawa Ryuichi
MusicIlona Sekacz
ChoreographyHirosaki Uran
Associate Set Design Roy Bell
Associate Costume Design Hayashi Natsuko
Hairstyling and Make-up Okada Tomoe, Watanabe Tamami
Associate Wigs and Make-up Design Sato Yuko
Wardrobe Associates Terada Kazue, Fujiwara Emi, Kobo Ichi & Moma Workshop
Musical Director Kume Daisuke
Musical Coordination Nakamura Akiko
Sound Design Kurono Hisashi
Interpreter for Mr Caird Suzuki Naoko
Stage Manager Shibuya Toshihisa
Assistant Stage Managers Yano Shinichi, Mitsuyasu Koichi, Takeuchi Noriko & Obana Makoto
Dressers Yoshida Hitomi & Wada Yukiko
Stage Carpenters Haiyuza Gekijo Butai Bijutsubu & Ishimoto Shunji
Rehearsal Pianists Park Seungcheol, Kubo Yuko & Endo Natsue
Prompter Yajima Miki
Props Takatsu Eiga Soshoku Bijutsu & Nakamura Erito
Special Props Tsuchiya Kobo, Tsuchiya Takeshi, Abe Ichiro & Horio Kobo
Title CalligraphyMizuno Eiji & Shiba Ippei
Assistant Director Oe Sachihiko
Assistant Producers Hayafune Satoshi & Kamikuri Yoko
Script Assistant Obara Hiroshi
Lyric Translation Suzuki Hiro
Artistic Director of New National Theatre Kuriyama Tamiya
Producer Asada Toshiko

Cast

Theseus Murai Kunio
Hippolyta Asamai Rei
Egeus Oshima Usaburo
Hermia Miya Naoko
Helena Koyama Moeko
Demetrius Ishimdoa Shiro
Lysander Hosomi Daisuke
Peter Quince Aoyama Tatsumi
Bottom Yoshimura Sunao
Flute Mizuno Eiji
Snug Kojima Naoki
Snout Otaki Hiroshi
Starveling Sako Yoshi
Oberon Murai Kunio
Titania Asami Rei
Puck Cho Songha
Peaseblossom Kanda Sayaka
Cobweb Sakaue Marin
Moth Jungle
Mustardseed Matsuda Naoko
Winter Shiba Ippei
Spring Asai Nobuyoshi
Summer Nishida Kenji
Autumn Morikawa Jiro
Indian Boy Morikubo Taiga, Kishita Yuto

Musicians

Keyboards Park Seungcheol
Percussion & Drum Kit Ise Yuichi
Flute Masumoto Itaru
Saxophone & Clarinet Funaki Yoshiyuki
Keyboard Kubo Yuko
Percusiion Sekiya Naoko
Trumpet Mizutani Maki
Horn Nobuoka Yoko

2009 Revival

Cobweb was played byKurata Ami
Mustardseed was played bySeike Yuka
Music Coordination was byYoshio Misa
Assistant Set DesignerMatsumara Aya
Assistant ProducersKamikura Yoko, Inoue Maiko & Shimizu Misa
Produced for the New National Theatre byIzawa Masako & Misaka Chikara.
Artistic Director of the New National TheatreUyama Hitoshi