A Midsummer Night's Dream
1989

2ail i 5ed Awst
Cyfarwyddwyd gan Linda Kirk & Helen McCallum

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight.

Shakespeare's much-loved comedy was one of our most successful productions, with audiences coming back on the last night to see it a second time, and filling every possible space in our cloister auditorium.

Cast

The Court
Theseus, Duke of AthensDavid Lloyd Davies
Hippolyta, Queen of the AmazonsLinda Kirk
Egeus, a ciizen of AthensTed Ward
Hermia, his daughterJane Coppola
Helena, her friendGeorgina Ferry
Lysander, in love with HermiaToby Billington
DemetriusGraham Ellis
AttendantCharlotte Hughes
The Town
Peter Quince, a carpenterRichard Carwardine
Nick Bottom, a weaverBill Rowlinson
Francis Flute, a bellows-menderClive Burgess
Tom Snout, a tinkerDuncan McCallum
Robin Starveling, a tailorIan Beedham
Snug, a joinerMike Hall
The Fairies
Oberon, King of the fairiesIan Wood
Titania, Queen of the fairiesHelen McCallum
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, Oberon's attendantWilliam McCaffrey
Titania's attendant fairyCressida Whitton
PeaseblossomKate McCallum
CobwebEdward Long
MustardseedMary McCallum
MothWilliam Long

Crew

ProductionIan Wood
Stage DirectionLinda Kirk and Helen McCallum
Lighting David Long
Lighting AssistantMatthew Shaw
Best BoyEdward Morris
Costumes byJulia Morrison and the University of Sheffield Staff Dramatic Society
Lion and wall costumes byMaxine Chambers
Properties and WardrobeJane Hall, Mary Goddard
BannersConnie Bittner
Front of HouseJane Hall, Hilary Rowlinson
Fairy ChaperonePauline Ward
SetRobert Fitzmartin & Henry VIII