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Title A Midsummer Night's Dream
Document Type Stage Manager's Book
Reference MND 9
Primary Association Ellis, George
Associated Names Kean, Charles
Theatre Princess's
Place of Production London
Country of Production Great Britain
Date of Production 15 Oct 1856
Description A workbook belonging to stage manager George Ellis, including many annotations about stage business and the working of machinery, property lists, rehearsal notes and a dance routine.
Genre Comedy
Theme(s) Love and Marriage; Magic and Folklore
Roles Mr Ryder - Theseus; J.F Cathcart - Lysander; Mr Brazier - Demetrius; Mr Harley - Bottom; Murray - Miss Hippolyta; F Ternan - Oberon; R Leclercq - Titania
Content Keywords supernatural, love, nature, mischief, humour, pastoral
Context Keywords cast, blocking, business
Edition Kean edition, 1856
Shattuck Code MND 15
Play A Midsummer Night's Dream
Library Folger Shakespeare Library
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Promptbooks, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck.