CBeebies Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fairies, magic, celebration and comical confusion! Join Swashbuckle's Cook and Line as they help William Shakespeare put together a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the production features lots of CBeebies favourites, including Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom - the star of the play within a play who undergoes a magical transformation! Whoever heard of a talking and singing donkey? English

Cast

Nicholas Burns

as Theseus

Richard David-Caine

as Line

Andy Day

as Quince

Joseph Elliott

as Cook

Laura Elsworthy

as Hermia

Ben Faulks

as Francis Flute

Calum Finlay

as Lysander

Justin Fletcher

as Nick Bottom

Roger Griffiths

as Oberon

Esther Hall

as Hippolyta

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