A Midsummer Night's Dream
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1:30:00A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war.
Puck sends the lovers to sleep, while Oberon releases Titania from the spell.
The lovers return to Athens for a triple wedding, and Bottom and his friends perform their play.
Titania falls in love with Bottom transformed into a donkey, and Oberon discovers Puck's mistake.
Demetrius and Lysander compete for Helena's love, and Hermia starts a fight.
Oberon and Titania are arguing in the woods, and Puck is instructed to find a magic flower.
Oberon uses the magic flower on Titania, but Puck uses it on the wrong Athenian.
We meet our storyteller Puck, and learn about the impending marriage of Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta.
We meet the Mechanicals, a hapless group of amateur actors rehearsing their play for the forthcoming marriage celebrations.