Titania a midsummer nights dream

Paul Konewka, A midsummer-night's dream

Drawing by William John Charles Pitcher, design for a costume for a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by Robert Courtneidge at the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, 1896-1903

I recently bought this movie in a rental place's going out of business sale inexpensively, for the simple reason that it's pretty :) I've always loved Shakespeare anything so I had to watch this movie. It's rather silly and more than a few times odd in places but the imagery is lovely and the speech is beautiful thanks to the style of the bard :) Here's the movie trailer: and as you can see it's a little goofy :) But what interests me is the style of the dress and setting, it's beautiful…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Vivien Leigh as Titania in A Midsummer Nights Dream (1938)

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Vivien Leigh as Queen Titania

“Hermia, Helena and Hippolyta from Shakespeare’s “A midsummer night's dream”

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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" movie still, 1999. Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania

Anne Newhall (left) as Titania and Michael Sharon as Oberon in the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s 2005 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespearean Festival 2005). www.bard.org

Titania

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

Fairy by Arantza Sestayo

A Mid Summer Night’s Dream (1999) Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania.

San Francisco Ballet's Sasha De Sola as Titania from Balanchine's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Photo © Joseph Walsh

A midsummer nights dream -Titania by Georgia Gilvear:

Throughout her life Vivien Leigh was considered by most as one of the most beautiful actresses of her day, and for that matter any other day. It was George Cukor, the original director of Gone With the Wind, who said Vivien Leigh was the “consumate actress, hampered by beauty.” When she was once asked, however, if she … Continue reading "“Consumate Actress – Hampered by Beauty” – Glorious Pictures of Vivien Leigh"