Shakespeare in Hollywood: A New PlayWinner! of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses" are tossed into loop |
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... JACK WARNER ........... DARYL .................. LYDIA LANSING .............. OBERON ................. PUCK ... JACK WARNER MAX REINHARDT WILL HAYS DARYL OLIVIA.
... JACK WARNER ........... DARYL .................. LYDIA LANSING .............. OBERON ................. PUCK ... JACK WARNER MAX REINHARDT WILL HAYS DARYL OLIVIA.
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A New Play Ken Ludwig. OBERON PUCK JACK WARNER MAX REINHARDT WILL HAYS DARYL OLIVIA DARNELL LYDIA LANSING LOUELLA PARSONS DICK POWELL JIMMY CAGNEY JOE E. BROWN The play is written for 12 actors , 4 women and 8 men . The actors playing ...
A New Play Ken Ludwig. OBERON PUCK JACK WARNER MAX REINHARDT WILL HAYS DARYL OLIVIA DARNELL LYDIA LANSING LOUELLA PARSONS DICK POWELL JIMMY CAGNEY JOE E. BROWN The play is written for 12 actors , 4 women and 8 men . The actors playing ...
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... refugee from the Nazis , and he directed his first ( and only ) motion picture , " A Midsummer Night's Dream " for Warner Brothers Pictures in 1934. Jack Warner did have three brothers , Harry , Albert and Sam , who ran.
... refugee from the Nazis , and he directed his first ( and only ) motion picture , " A Midsummer Night's Dream " for Warner Brothers Pictures in 1934. Jack Warner did have three brothers , Harry , Albert and Sam , who ran.
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... ( Jack Warner himself want- ed Reinhardt to cut the " love scene " in " Pyramus and Thisbe " because both characters were played by men and he was afraid that the Hays Office was going to object . ) The biggest objection of the Hays ...
... ( Jack Warner himself want- ed Reinhardt to cut the " love scene " in " Pyramus and Thisbe " because both characters were played by men and he was afraid that the Hays Office was going to object . ) The biggest objection of the Hays ...
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... Arena Stage for mounting the premiere and helping me select such a clever director , Kyle Donnelly , and such an inspired cast . Ken Ludwig Washington , D.C. March 29 , 2005 For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is.
... Arena Stage for mounting the premiere and helping me select such a clever director , Kyle Donnelly , and such an inspired cast . Ken Ludwig Washington , D.C. March 29 , 2005 For Olivia and Jack , my two Shakespeareans What is.
Common terms and phrases
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