The following 19 links are to a production from the Multinational Fusion Theater in Oakland, California which sets the play in the 1960's. It seems to stay closely to the text of the play, but overlays it with songs from the 60's and a modern wardrobe.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_F7-PGQgqiM
Highlights from the Sanfransisco Bay Area's Free Shakespeare in the Park production -- this doesn't show much of the actual play and no actual dialogue, but the short clips seen are definitely non-traditional and interesting!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yFxRACqeE
Production entitled "Helena Courts Demetrius" produced in Taiwan. There are no subtitles, but the set and costume design are quite beautiful, and the actors are very funny. It's not hard at all to figure out what's going on.
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8muYGNOZRKs
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sH0T_8Po-bw
Highlights from a bilingual adaptation set in the Andes Mountains. The website's description: "This loco bilingual Shakespeare adaptation sets A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Andes, where the Fairies are bored Inca gods (with a flair for Mambo), the mechanicals are Gringo tourists WAY out of their element...and the lovers are cut out completely!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mD8QaC9ZFBM
Clips from Japan's Reitaku University English Drama Group's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Actual clips of the play start at about 1:10 in; dialogue cannot be heard (there's music playing) until about 5:50 in, at which point you can watch Puck's "If we shadows" speech from the end of the play. The production appears to have been influenced a lot by traditional Japanese theater.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yql_ychs0Tc
A very funny clip from an operatic production at UCLA, starting from Thisbe's "Asleep, my love?" In Act V, Scene i.
The following 19 links are to a production from the Multinational Fusion Theater in Oakland, California which sets the play in the 1960's. It seems to stay closely to the text of the play, but overlays it with songs from the 60's and a modern wardrobe.
Introduction:
1, i: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9KlVL5jO0hQ
I, ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1mSpWk6tU
I, iii & II, i: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgaK3-p6MMw
II, ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uUWDzvJH-vU
II, iii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dvGMOTrRf-I
II, iv: http://youtube.com/watch?v=C1ikru5liDY
III, i: http://youtube.com/watch?v=E8XfiHZaGK4
III, ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=oPvaLFlDI_Y
III, iii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ESZuFNlwS44
III, iv: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LDH8IfrZctI
IV, i: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X2auvLrtc0I
IV,ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VvMkuGBM0I4
V, i: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0kAwGPzfc
V, ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xofc-iz3vgo
V, iii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gO9Q0NRHlJQ
V, iv: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XbwjIufaE0A
Credits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0f809V0EnDw
Rehearsal and Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNW2_O0oFpI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_F7-PGQgqiM
Highlights from the Sanfransisco Bay Area's Free Shakespeare in the Park production -- this doesn't show much of the actual play and no actual dialogue, but the short clips seen are definitely non-traditional and interesting!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yFxRACqeE
Production entitled "Helena Courts Demetrius" produced in Taiwan. There are no subtitles, but the set and costume design are quite beautiful, and the actors are very funny. It's not hard at all to figure out what's going on.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FJEASvJWq5E
Clips of Thisbe From Act V, Scene i (The Mechanic's play).
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8muYGNOZRKs
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sH0T_8Po-bw
Highlights from a bilingual adaptation set in the Andes Mountains. The website's description: "This loco bilingual Shakespeare adaptation sets A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Andes, where the Fairies are bored Inca gods (with a flair for Mambo), the mechanicals are Gringo tourists WAY out of their element...and the lovers are cut out completely!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mD8QaC9ZFBM
Clips from Japan's Reitaku University English Drama Group's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Actual clips of the play start at about 1:10 in; dialogue cannot be heard (there's music playing) until about 5:50 in, at which point you can watch Puck's "If we shadows" speech from the end of the play. The production appears to have been influenced a lot by traditional Japanese theater.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2phmc_sDnDo
From Act V, Scene i. In Polish. No subtitles, but very unusual and interesting to watch!
The following six clips are Helena's appearances in a BBC production called One Night of Shakespeare:
From II.i.: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BhL_zhTg4xc
From II.ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kIZZLIihPxI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lFB0Qj-6wI4
From III.ii: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aExVGP55GDU
From IV.i.: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f8y6kihb7nI
Bows: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hOqz6PJHjHY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yql_ychs0Tc
A very funny clip from an operatic production at UCLA, starting from Thisbe's "Asleep, my love?" In Act V, Scene i.
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