British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997): Contact Theatre, Manchester
PRINCIPAL CAST: Dominic Arnold (Lysander); Pal Aron (Demetrius); Mark Chatterton (Bottom); Charlotte Jones (Helena); Olwen May (Titania); Richard Oldham (Puck); Debra Penny (Hermia); Gareth Tudor Price (Oberon).
The first performance of this Contact Theatre production took place on 9 October 1997 at the Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe. It is unclear whether it was subsequently performed at the Contact Theatre.
The production cast list has no fairies and as well as the usual Hippolyta/Titania and Theseus/Oberon doubling, the lovers and Puck all doubled as the Mechanicals; Puck was the only actor to play one part.
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