A Midsummer Night's Listmania

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The BBC Shakespeare Collection: A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD]
1.  The BBC Shakespeare Collection: A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD] DVD ~ BBC Classic Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Earthy, threatening production from Jonathan Miller. A Fuseli atmosphere. A rather frightening Puck!"
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A Midsummer Nights Dream [DVD] [1999]
2.  A Midsummer Nights Dream [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Kevin Kline
The list author says:
  "Hollywood fun, comedy played well, especially 'Pyramus and Thisbe' at the end. Soundtrack includes much Italian opera."
£4.49   Used & New from: £3.21
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD] [1996]
3.  A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Lindsay Duncan
The list author says:
  "A deliberately childish production from the 80s. Adrian Noble directs."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Pacific Northwest Ballet [DVD] [1999]
4.  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Pacific Northwest Ballet [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Patricia Barker
The list author says:
  "George Balanchine put together this ballet from Mendelssohn's music. Titania and Bottom steal the show with their dance together."
£24.99   Used & New from: £16.89
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 2005) [DVD] [2006]
5.  Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 2005) [DVD] [2006] DVD ~ David Daniels
The list author says:
  "Britten's opera with a minimalist staging from Robert Carsen. Musically very good as well."
£15.99   Used & New from: £10.99

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Glyndebourne Festival Opera [1981] [DVD] [2004]
6.  Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Glyndebourne Festival Opera [1981] [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Bernard Haitink
The list author says:
  "Haitink and Hall get together for a Glyndebourne staging of the Britten opera. Wonderful, I probably prefer it over the Carsen above."
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3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Act 4 (A Midsummer Night's Dream & Richard III) [DVD]
7.  Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Act 4 (A Midsummer Night's Dream & Richard III) [DVD] DVD ~ Shakespeare - the Animated Tales
The list author says:
  "Cell-animated version lasting 30 minutes. Basic cartoon, but the story (and parts of dialogue) are there and may well amuse children. Lullaby of Titania a memorable sequence."
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Purcell - The Fairy Queen / Les Arts Florissants, Christie
8.  Purcell - The Fairy Queen / Les Arts Florissants, Christie by Nancy Argenta
The list author says:
  "Purcell's Fairy Queen is a masque interspersing itself into the Midsummer tale. This is the best performance of it overall."
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Purcell - The Fairy Queen
9.  Purcell - The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell
The list author says:
  "Budget recording of the Purcell, mixed quality but worth it for the comedy duet between Corydon and Mopsa alone."
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Lampe: Pyramus and Thisbe
10.  Lampe: Pyramus and Thisbe by John Frederick Lampe
The list author says:
  "Lampe's one-act comic opera, libretto very closely based on Shakespeare play within play. Funny parody of Handel, particularly the Lion's 'Ladies don't fright you, I will delight you'."
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Orpheus with His Lute - Music for Shakespeare (English Orpheus, Vol 50) /Bott · Brown · The Parley of Instruments · Holman
11.  Orpheus with His Lute - Music for Shakespeare (English Orpheus, Vol 50) /Bott · Brown · The Parley of Instruments · Holman by Thomas Arne
The list author says:
  "Shakespeare songs sung by Catherine Bott. Includes a very nice setting of the Fairies' lullaby to Titania in a setting by John Christopher Smith, pupil of Handel."
£13.37   Used & New from: £7.50

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Performed by Warren Mitchell & Cast (Classic Drama)
12.  A Midsummer Night's Dream: Performed by Warren Mitchell & Cast (Classic Drama) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Full cast audio dramatization, with music from the Purcell masque. If not a classic performance, the chance to imagine the scenes oneself with just the voices is not to be missed."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: A BBC Radio 3 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring David Threlfall & Cast (BBC Radio Collection)
13.  A Midsummer Night's Dream: A BBC Radio 3 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring David Threlfall & Cast (BBC Radio Collection) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "BBC's own audio dramatization now out of print but available as audiobook download from online sites - excellent use of childrens' voices for Puck and the fairies."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  A Midsummer Night's Dream (Penguin Popular Classics) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Penguin Popular Classics edition. Give a copy to the young backpacker as she sets off."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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"A Midsummer Nights Dream" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)
15.  "A Midsummer Nights Dream" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Arden edition. Read a few lines from this to your lover during the hot long nights."
£7.19   Used & New from: £0.88
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

The Oxford Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
16.  The Oxford Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Oxford critical edition. Read the introductory essay and then impose your new insights on anyone who wears comedy ears in your presence."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
17.  A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Cambridge edition: a great many footnotes and alternative spellings."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
18.  A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge School Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Ideal school edition. Hand out a copy to new students, warning, "How quick bright things come to confusion.""
£6.37   Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Bottom: on Shakespeare (Wesleyan Centennial Edition of the Complete Critical Writing)
19.  Bottom: on Shakespeare (Wesleyan Centennial Edition of the Complete Critical Writing) by Louis Zukofsky
The list author says:
  "Starting from the Bottom: An enormous collage of Shakespeare and other sources, driven by a thesis on the role of the eye. Considered a modernist work similar to Benjamin's Arcades Project."
£33.73   Used & New from: £30.58

Manga Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, A
20.  Manga Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, A by Kate Brown
The list author says:
  "Manga Shakespeare - a Lamb's Tales for our time, cleverly laid out, only lightly abridged. Enchanting - or else the Puck a liar call."
£5.99   Used & New from: £2.27
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
21.  Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
The list author says:
  "Britten conducts his own opera - chilling from the moment of those opening glissandi, into the woods."
£21.27   Used & New from: £9.30
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Music For Shakespeare's Theatre
22.  Music For Shakespeare's Theatre by Various Composers
The list author says:
  "Songs for the lute - second-rate performances EXCEPT for one track, the lullaby for Titania sung to the tune Robin Goodfellow, which is sharp and bonny. Treat the CD as a single and get it for this."
£8.29   Used & New from: £4.46
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy [DVD]
23.  A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy [DVD] DVD ~ Woody Allen
The list author says:
  "I'd like my Shakespeare with a bit of Bergman please."
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Ben Jonson's The Masque of Oberon (reconstruction) /Musicians of the Globe · Pickett
24.  Ben Jonson's The Masque of Oberon (reconstruction) /Musicians of the Globe · Pickett by Alfonso Ferabosco
The list author says:
  "And other works dealing with Oberon & his fairy crew...... Influenced Shakespeare; listen to this reconstruction and imagine the Inigo Jones setting."
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Weber: Oberon
25.  Weber: Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber
The list author says:
  "Oberon, Titania and Puck in a tale of a magic horn and a test of love. Weber's English fairy opera/masque adapted from German poem based on 9thc French romance."
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