A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, and young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father. Meanwhile, in the town below, amateur theatre group the Mechanicals rehearse, with all their comic rivalries. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...
Released: 2016
Casts:
Matt Lucas, Varada Sethu, Matthew Tennyson, Bernard Cribbins, Richard Wilson, Paapa Essiedu, Fisayo Akinade, Alan Blumenfeld, Javone Prince, Sarah Sharman, Eleanor Matsuura, John Hannah, Elaine Paige, Maxine Peake, Elliot Levey, Colin McFarlane, Nonso Anozie, Kurt Collins, Tang Kuo-chung, A Duan, Jasmine Adele, Kate Kennedy, Marlene Madenge, Hiran Abeysekera, Tia Benbow-Hart