A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream

More than 60 minutes of audio on the CD including key scenes and excerpts from great performances past and present

Bringing Shakespeare to life, from stage to page

In the book:
Photographs from notable productions including:
-the 1935 Dieterle/Reinhardt film with James Cagney as Bottom and Mickey Rooney as Puck
-Peter Brook's seminal 1970 production at the Royal Shakespeare Company
-contemporary American productions with James Earl Jones as Oberon, F. Murray Abraham as Bottom and Richard Gere as Demetrius

Hear 30 great scenes on audio CD:
-Sir John Gielgud from the 1930s
-Michael Maloney as Oberon and Roy Hudd as Bottom
-Andrew Wade on Speaking Shakespeare

Narrated by Derek Jacobi