3/21/2009

Shakespeare Retold: A Midsummer's Night Dream (TV Series)

A contemporary adaptation

Hermia (Zoe Tapper) is just engaged to James (William Ash), and her parents, Theo (Bill Paterson) and Polly (Imelda Staunton), throw a celebration party at Dream Park. Xander (Rupert Evans), Hermia's true love, disrupts the party however the fairy rulers of the Dream Park woods -- Titania (Sharon Small) Oberon (Lennie James) -- are determined to ensure a happy ending.

Puck (Dean Lennox Kelly) is assigned to sort out things properly. Nick Bottoms (Johnny Vegas) is a park security guard.

Aired on BBC on Nov-28-2005.

Screenplay by Peter Bawker. Directed by Ed Fraiman.

Run time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Not MPAA rated.

My personal rating: B-

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