FROM THE ARCHIVES

Season: 2022-2023

17th – 24th March 2023 at 7:45pm Matinee on March 18th at 2:30pm Shakespeare in Hollywood

By Ken Ludwig

Directed by Paul Morton

It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

This amateur production of “Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare in Hollywood” is presented by
arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.
www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

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CAST

Oberon

Puck

Jack Warner

Max Reinhardt

Will Hays

Christopher Wallace

Daryl

Joe E Brown

Olivia Darnell

Lydia Lansing

Louella Parsons

Dick Powell

Jonathon Wallis

Jimmy Cagney

CREATIVE TEAM

Stage Manager

Lighting

Ken Allford, Andy Pierce

Sound

Tony Mason, Rob Wallace

Rehearsal Prompt

Properties

Chris Smith, Madeleine Evans

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