A Midsummer Night's Dream
In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.
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"Early cinema produced scores of Shakespearean-based films, showing mainly highlights of his works. Vitagraph Studio's Dec. 1909 release of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was the very first film to present the entire framework of a Shakespeare play. Co-directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton, who provided the special effects, this effort is remarkable considering they had to unfold the play within a one-reel (11-minute) time limitation--which was the rigid standard in Nickelodean theaters during those days. The film did drop a few details of The Bard's play, but a..."
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The copy held by the BFI National Archive is incomplete, and ends with the mechanicals beginning their play before Theseus.
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In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.