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
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Sue Blane |
| Lighting Design | Nakagawa Ryuichi |
| Music | Ilona Sekacz |
| Choreography | Hirosaki 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 Calligraphy | Mizuno 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 by | Kurata Ami |
| Mustardseed was played by | Seike Yuka |
| Music Coordination was by | Yoshio Misa |
| Assistant Set Designer | Matsumara Aya |
| Assistant Producers | Kamikura Yoko, Inoue Maiko & Shimizu Misa |
| Produced for the New National Theatre by | Izawa Masako & Misaka Chikara. |
| Artistic Director of the New National Theatre | Uyama Hitoshi |