Bettie's Books

Re-re-read is the 1996 film:Lindsay Duncan ... Hippolyta / TitaniaAlex Jennings ... Theseus / Oberon--------Re-read is a listen:blurb - A new season of Theatre Music begins with a rare chance to hear Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's complete incidental music in the context of a fully staged production. Recorded at London's historic Middle Temple Hall. Presented by Jonathan Swain.Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream Martin Turner (Oberon/Theseus) Melanie Jessop (Titania/Hippolyta) Alex Hassell (Lysander/Flute) Daniel Rigby (Demetrius/Starveling) Catherine Bailey (Helena/Snug) James Garnon (Puck/Snout) John Paul Connolly (Bottom/Egeus) Elena Pavli (Hermia/Quince/First Fairy) Tim Carroll (director) Choir of the Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Charles Hazlewood (conductor)c. 4.30pm Britten: Gloriana - symphonic suite Robert Murray (tenor) BBC Philharmonic Edward Gardner (conductor).