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A Midsummer Night's Dream

190911 minUnited States
FantasyAdventureDramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

Young lovers flee into a wood where fairies interfere with human affections. A magical herb directs desire toward the wrong people, while a troupe rehearsing a play becomes part of the confusion.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
11:07
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Charles Kent and James Stuart Blackton · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsCharles KentJ. Stuart Blackton

Inspirations

This early Shakespeare adaptation compresses the comedy into a short film. Its fairy dispute uses Penelope in a role associated with Oberon in the play, showing how freely the screen version rearranges its source.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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