A Midsummer Night’s Dream- Tuesday 8th-Saturday 12th August 1972

Title: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Date: Tuesday 8th-Saturday 12th August 1972
Type: Play
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Location: Aldwych Theatre, London, England
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Peter Brook
Collection Folder: Folder 12

Cast

Theseus/Oberon: Alan Howard
Hippolyta/Titania: Gemma Jones
Philstrate/Puck: Robert Lloyd
Egeus/Quince: Philip Locke
Bottom: Barry Stanton
Francis Flute: George Sweeney
Starveling: Richard Moore
Snout: Malcolm Rennie
Snug: Hugh Keays Byrne
Hermia: Zhivilia Roche
Lysander: Bruce Myers
Helena: Jennie Stoller
Demetrius: Glynne Lewis
Fairies: David Meyer, Anthony Meyer, Pauline Munro, Roshan Seth

Understudies: Doyne Byrd, Patricia Doyle, Gillian Joyce

Percussion: Tony McVey, Robin Weatherall
Guitar: John Zaradin

Crew

For A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Designer: Sally Jacobs
Assistant to the Designer: Brian Glover
Assistant to the Director: Michael Bogdanov
Music: Richard Peaslee, Felix Mendelssohn
Properties: George Fathers
Wardrobe Manager: Frances Roe
Mens’ Costumes: Arthur Davey
Ladies’ Costumes: Penny McVitie, Rosalind Kemp
Dyeing: Audrey Gie
Music Director: Guy Woolfenden

For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Artistic Director: Trevor Nunn
Directors: Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Brook, Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn
Consultant Director: Peter Daubeny
Company Director, Aldwych Theatre: David Jones

General Manager: David Brierley
Production Controller: James Sargant
Planning Controller: Maurice Daniels
Financial Controller: William Wilkinson
Head of Publicity/Publications: John Goodwin
Head of Design: Christopher Morley

General Production Manager: Desmond Hall
Scenic Artist: Rosalinde Hatton
Property Shop Manager: William Lockwood
Construction Shop Manager: Fred Jenkins
Technical Coordinator: Peter Pullinger
Assistant Designer: Gordon Sumpter

Costume Administrator: David Perry
Head of Wigs: Irene Weerdmeester
Overseas Tours Manager: Hal Rogers
Casting: Genista McIntosh
Music Director: Guy Woolfenden
Deputy Music Director: Michael Tubbs

Publicity: Vincent Pearmain
Press Representatives: Peter Harlock, Roger Tomlinson

For the Aldwych Theatre

London Manager: Patricia Leary
London Music Director: Gordon Kember
General Stage Manager: Frank Stevens
House Manager: Sama Swaminathan
Production Assistant: Maggie Roy
Chief Stage Technician: Alf Davis
Chief Lighting Engineer: Stewart Leviton
Chief Lighting Operator: Stewart Grey
Property Master: Terry Diamond
Wig Master: Lucy Coghlan
Wardrobe Supervisor: Frances Roe
Wardrobe Master: David Kitchenham
Box Office Manager: Peter Skinner

For the RSC World Tour

Tour and Stage Manager: Hal Rogers
Deputy Stage Managers: Stanley Mackenzie, Barbara Penney
Lighting Designer: Michael Murray
Chief Technician: Earl Kay
Technicians: Charles Kenton, John O’Mahoney
Sound Technician: Keith Clarke
Wardrobe Mistress: Lynn Hope
Assistant to Touring Manager: Jean Moore

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