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Production Title

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Production Date

1935

Photograph Caption

In Act III, scenc 1, "Bully Bottom" is transformed into an ass by Puck's magic. By the end of Act IV, the players fear the play cannot go ahead without him.

Dialogue

Flute: "If he come not, then the play is marred. It goes not forward, doth it?"
Quince: "It is not possible. You have not a man in all Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he."
Flute: "No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens." (V.ii.5-10)

Play Title

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Venue

Film

Place of Production

United States

Creator

Genre

Comedy

Character

Bottom: James Cagney

Other Credits

Anton Grot - Designer
Max Ree - Costime Desigher
Hans Fred Konekamp - Photographer
Max Reinhardt - Producer, Director
William Dieterle - Director

Other Notes

A Warner Brothers release

Object Type

black-and-white photographs

Size of Original

8 x 10 in.

Donor

Cole, Joseph E.

Repository

Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

Format

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