2001 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was also presented in 1978. and 2019
Dates & Location
Monday 25th June - Saturday 30th June 2001
Evenings at 7.45pm - Saturday matinee at 2.30pm
Royden Park, Frankby, Wirral.
Presented in Association with Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Tickets
Booking via Floral Pavilion, Heswall Hall, Birkenhead Library, Birkenhead Hamilton Quarter
| Day | |
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| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | £11.00 |
| Thursday - Saturday | £12.00 |
| Saturday Matinee | £7.00 |
| Titania's Court |
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| The Cast | |
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| The Court of Theseus | |
| Theseus | Graham Thew |
| Hippolyta | Rosie Coombes |
| Egeus | Gordon Hall |
| Lysander | Keith Simpson |
| Hermia | Caroline Sawley |
| Demetrius | Mike Hetherington |
| Helena | Jane Leffman |
| Philostrate | James Kay |
| The Immortals | |
| Oberon | Andy Webster |
| Titania | Val Marshall |
| Puck | Keith Hill |
| Fairies | Margaret Nance, Georgia Rawson |
| The Mechanicals | |
| Peter Quince | Mike Ellis |
| Nick Bottom | Ben McConaghy |
| Francis Flute | Mark Prescott |
| Tom Snout | Tim Downes |
| Robin Starveling | Alan Richards |
| Snug | John Welshman |
| Theseus' Court | |
| Jean Beswick | Ravanne Cottier |
| Martin Ellison | Katie Jones |
| John Lee | Simon Lee |
| Isobel Roberts | David Tolcher |
| Derek Williams | |
| Hippolyta's Court | |
| Carys Cooper | Joanne Ellis |
| Pat Thew | |
| Oberon's Court | |
| Mark Braund | Greg Higgins |
| Michael Lockley | Craig McGrath |
| Tony Moore | Alistair Thew |
| Titania's Court-1 | Titania's Court-2 |
| Emily Ashton | Ruth Griffith |
| Melyse Austin | Lois Moon |
| Vicky Casement | Jennifer Roche |
| Indian Boy | Lee Moore |
The production team |
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Director
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Ann Warr
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| Assistant Director | Wendy Lee |
| Stage Manager | Nigel Cooper |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Richard Smith, Colin Graham, Jacqui Moore, Nick Sample |
| Set Design | Ken Edwards & Hilda Edwards |
| Lighting design | Ron Lamb |
| Costume design | Lesley Mahon |
| Set Construction | John Quirk |
| Lighting rig | Richard Angwin |
| House Electrician | Steve Lomax |
| Lighting operators | Daniel Stenhouse, Simon Ollman |
| Sound | Peter Elliott |
| Costumes made by | Lesley Mahon, Margaret Quirk Janet Jones, Marian McKerrigan |
| Properties | Jessie
Cussons, Ruth Johnson, Chris Shanks, Phillipa Thew |
| Hair | Pat Kelly |
| Masks | Rex Garland |
| Book | Do French |
| Original music composed by | Donald Henshilwood |
| Arranged by | Peter Elliott |
| Vocals | Ann Collinson, Jo Elliott |
| Other Officials | |
| Site Manager | Marshall Thew |
| Front of House Manager | Mike Smith |
| Box Office Manager | Owen Roberts |
| Publicity | Peter Nelson |
| Posters and Programmes | Nick Sample |
| Sponsorship | James Kay |
| John Quirk's set design - the theory and the reality |
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Photographs
| The Mortals |
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| The immortals |
| The Mechanicals |
| More immortals and finale |
| Backstage at the Dream |
| Creating the set and the arena |
| The set and stands |
| Rehearsing at Bidston Hall |
Promotional Leaflet
| After the 1998 production of 'The Winter's Tale', it was decided to move the productions to the odd years. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was chosen for 2001 and this promotional leaflet was created for the re-launch. It saw its first outing in the Wirral History Fair of November 2000. |
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| The Committee | |
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| President | Eric J Murch |
| Chairman | Mike Ellis |
| Secretary | Caroline Sawley |
| Treasurer | Michael Minter |
| Business Manager | Peter Dowell |
| Patrons and Ticket Secretary | Owen Roberts |
| Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Department of Leisure Services & Tourism | Rob Smith |
| Press and Publicity | Peter Nelson |
| Committee members | Nigel Cooper |
