In Detail

The royal wedding plans of Theseus, the duke of Athens (Ian Hunter) and Hippolyta (Verree Teasdale) overlap with the antics of forest fairies, led by Oberon (Victor Jury) and Titania (Anita Louise), and a ragtag troupe of actors that include James Cagney as Bottom.

Meanwhile, young lovers, including Lysander (Dick Powell) and Hermia (Olivia de Havilland in her film debut), deceive each other in amusing ways, and magic adds a mischievous element to this enchanted romantic comedy. His beautiful looking film which won the Oscar for Best Cinematography complements our talk on ‘Shakespeare on Film’