A Midsummer Night's Dream

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC

by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Nights Dream – RSC 1989 – David Shaw Parker, David Troughton, Graham Turner, Dhobi Oparei, and Jimmy Gardner in rehearsal
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This Royal Shakespeare Company production was first performed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30th March 1989, opening to the press on 11th April.

It ran in repertoire through the 1989 Stratford season and then toured the UK before opening at the Barbican Theatre on 4th December 1989 where it played in repertoire through the 1990 season.

Creative team

DirectorJohn Caird

Cast

Theseus John Carlisle
Hippolyta Clare Higgins
Egeus Russell Enoch
Hermia Amanda Bellamy
Helena Sarah Crowden
Demetrius Paul Lacoux
Lysander Stephen Simms
Peter Quince Paul Webster
Bottom David Troughton
Flute Graham Turner
Snug Jimmy Gardner
Snout David Shaw-Parker
Starveling Dhobi Oparei
Oberon John Carlisle
Titania Clare Higgins
Puck Richard McCabe
First Fairy Liza Hayden
Indian Boy Krishnan Chauhan/Mandip Jheeta
Oberon’s Fairies Keith Goozee /Peter Hamilton-Dyer/AndrewHavill/Neil  Richardson
Titania’s Fairies Sharon Hinds/Polly Kemp/Jacqueline Leonard
Mustardseed Jodie Ball/Chloe Trotman
Peaseblossom Charlotte Bridgewater/Fiona Gibson
Cobweb Zachary Gregory/Richard Handy
Moth Curtis Mason/Mark Seavers

At the Barbican Theatre

Mustardseed Carlie Gabriel/Lisa O’Connell
Peaseblossom Victoria Avery/Stephanie Bagshaw
Cobweb John Bingham/Andrew Dicks
Moth Karl Maddix/Henry Toller