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Jess
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Posted: Sept 12 2009 at 10:49am \| IP Logged

Does anyone know of a good appropriate for children film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream? I would really like a stage version on film. The one I got from netflix had inappropriate costumes (and it was performed by the Royal Shakespearian Company) and it was a weird 60's film version. I am so glad I previewed it first. I had to turn it off after the first few scenes

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Jess
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Posted: Sept 12 2009 at 12:13pm \| IP Logged

I guess I should tell you why I need this

Our homeschool group is going to perform the play and I would like the kids to see a stage version of it to help them understand the actions and everything involved. A film version would help with the speech, but a stage production would really help with blocking and actions.

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caallas
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Posted: Oct 31 2009 at 6:28pm \| IP Logged

This might be too late but my son really enjoyed Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare 4 Kidz. We got it through out library.

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Posted: Oct 31 2009 at 8:44pm \| IP Logged

I can't get the link to work, but my children loved the one with James Cagney and Mickey Rooney from 1935, it's a B&W version, but very good and innocent.

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Posted: Oct 31 2009 at 9:37pm \| IP Logged

We just watched the one with Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania and Rupert Everette as Oberon, and it is fantastic, but VERY much PG-13. We loved it, but I definitely would not show it to a kids group. Just wanted to warn you about that one.

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