The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles KenyonScreenplay
- Mary C. McCall, Jr.Screenplay
- William DieterleDirector
- Max ReinhardtDirector
- Felix MendelssohnOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ian HunterTheseus
- Verree TeasdaleHippolyta
- Hobart CavanaughPhilostrate
- Dick PowellLysander
- Ross AlexanderDemetrius
- Olivia de HavillandHermia
- Jean MuirHelena
- Grant MitchellEgeus
- Frank McHughQuince
- Dewey RobinsonSnug
- James CagneyBottom
- Joe E. BrownFlute
Stills
Themes
secret loveelvesmagicarranged marriagedonkeyfairyathens, greecetheatre groupromantic rivalryforestbased on play or musicalwedding