A midsummer night's dream [videorecording] / [Produced by] The Guthrie Theater, Liviu Ciulei, artistic director, Donald Schoenbaum, managing director ; [written] by William Shakespeare ; directed by Liviu Ciulei.
No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
A videorecording of Liviu Ciulei's 1986 staging of this production, taped in Purchase, N.Y., at the Pepsico International Performing Arts Festival on the campus of SUNY Purchase, is available on NCOV 543. It features many of the same actors seen here.
This play was videotaped as part of a competition sponsored by the cable TV network Showtime. The contest was called Showtime's Search for Excellence in American Theatre.
Access (note)
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
Music composed by Philip Glass ; sets, costumes, and lighting by Beni Montresor ; sound designer, Tom Bolstad ; dramaturg, Michael Lupu ; stage manager, Christine Nelson.
Performer (note)
David Hyde Pierce, Gary Reineke, Lorraine Toussaint, Allen Hamilton, Katherine Leask, Brian Hargrove, Kathryn Dowling, Richard Ooms, Richard Howard, Jay Patterson, John Madden Towey, Robert Breuler, Richard Iglewski, Peter Thoemke, Peter Francis-James, Harriet Harris, Lynn Chausow, Eric Weitz, Faye M. Price, Kurt Schweickhardt, Thomas Glynn, Alan Arthur, Tom Carhart, Kay Carroll, Denise Christine, Patrick Dennison, Elena Gianetti, Art Ingersoll, Fred Mackaman, Karen Peterson, Ryan Thiel, Patrick Zweber.
Event (note)
Videotaped at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minn., 1985. The production ran from July 20 to Sep. 20, 1985.
Title
A midsummer night's dream [videorecording] / [Produced by] The Guthrie Theater, Liviu Ciulei, artistic director, Donald Schoenbaum, managing director ; [written] by William Shakespeare ; directed by Liviu Ciulei.
Imprint
Minneapolis, Minn., 1985.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Music composed by Philip Glass ; sets, costumes, and lighting by Beni Montresor ; sound designer, Tom Bolstad ; dramaturg, Michael Lupu ; stage manager, Christine Nelson.
Cast
David Hyde Pierce, Gary Reineke, Lorraine Toussaint, Allen Hamilton, Katherine Leask, Brian Hargrove, Kathryn Dowling, Richard Ooms, Richard Howard, Jay Patterson, John Madden Towey, Robert Breuler, Richard Iglewski, Peter Thoemke, Peter Francis-James, Harriet Harris, Lynn Chausow, Eric Weitz, Faye M. Price, Kurt Schweickhardt, Thomas Glynn, Alan Arthur, Tom Carhart, Kay Carroll, Denise Christine, Patrick Dennison, Elena Gianetti, Art Ingersoll, Fred Mackaman, Karen Peterson, Ryan Thiel, Patrick Zweber.
Event
Videotaped at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minn., 1985. The production ran from July 20 to Sep. 20, 1985.