A Midsummer Night's Dream
Status:
Released
Production:
Vitagraph Company of America
Aired:
1909-12-25
A Midsummer Night's Dream
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
Fantasy
Comedy
Characters
Maurice Costello
Lysander
Dolores Costello
Fairy
Helene Costello
Fairy
Walter Ackerman
Demetrius
Charles Chapman
Quince
Julia Swayne Gordon
Helena
Gladys Hulette
Puck
William Humphrey
Elita Proctor Otis
Hippolyta
William V. Ranous
Bottom
William Shea
Mechanical
Rose Tapley
Hermia
Florence Turner
Titania
Clara Kimball Young
Penelope
James Young