Vivien leigh midsummer nights dream

Shooting Shakespeare, from the V&A and Shakespeare's Globe, is now at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff

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Vivien Leigh

2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the great playwright who gave so much to the English language and its literature. In honour of this important milestone, the British Library is hosting an extensive exhibition examining Shakespeare, his famous plays and their complex legacy from his lifetime to the present day. […]

as Titania in the 1937 Old Vic Xmas production

The 1937 Christmas production was directed by Tyrone Guthrie, with sets and costumes by Oliver Messel. Shakespeare's play was presented as an affectionate Victorian pastiche, and included large choruses of muslin-clad fairies flying in on wires. Mendelssohn's famous incidental music was much in evidence, with choreography by Ninette de Valois. Vivien Leigh's Oberon was played by Robert Helpmann, Ralph Richardson played Bottom, and Gordon Miller,

The holidays are here! Snow has blanketed the ground, and everyone is going home or elsewhere for Christmas (or trying to–the airports are closed!). I’m spending Christmas in Scotland…

Vivien Leigh as Titania in A Midsummer Nights Dream (1938)

Vivien Leigh as Queen Titania

Hamlet, 1937 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1937 Romeo and Juliet, 1940 Richard III, 1948 Antony and Cleopatra, 1951 Macbeth, 1955 Titus Andronicus, 1955 Twelfth Night, 1955 “Shaw is like a…

Lawrence Olivier & Vivien Leigh perform 'Titus Andronicus' by Shakespeare.

Worn by Vivien Leigh as Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Old Vic Theatre in 1937. Designed and made by Oliver Messel.

Omaha Ballet- A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1999

Olivia De Havilland as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935