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319. A Midsummer Night's Dream 1958
Play by William Shakespeare
- Music
Marc Blitzstein
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Directed by Jack Landau. Scenery by David Hays. Costumes by Thea Neu. Lighting by Tharon Musser
- Premiere
June 20, 1958, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the Festival company. Singer: Russell Oberlin
- Cast
Titania, June Havoc; Oberon, Richard Waring ; Puck, Richard Easton; Bottom, Hiram Sherman; Theseus, Jack Bittner; and others
Performance Type
Theater
See Also
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215.1. [Dances for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'],
*340. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Note
Balanchine choreographed dance passages for the fairies
215.1. [Dances for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'] 1943
Performance Type
Concert Works
Note
Jacques d’Amboise remembers an outdoor performance on a garden platform in New Jersey or Long Island in 1943 with Balanchine choreography to Mendelssohn music. D’Amboise, eight years old, played Puck; Tanaquil Le Clercq and five other young girls were nymphs.
Source Notes
Jacques d’Amboise