Education Resources

Watch an extract from Act 2 Scene 2 in the 2005 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed on stage in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Accompanying the scene, you'll find links to more video clips to watch the director, designer and actors discussing the characters of Oberon and Bottom, how they designed the bower and this scene took shape in rehearsals.

Watch an extract from Act 3 Scene 2 in the 2005 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed on stage in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Accompanying the scene, you'll find links to more video clips to watch the director, designer and actors discussing whether this scene is funny or cruel, and how this scene was developed in rehearsals.

Watch this extract from Act 4 Scene 1 in the 2005 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed on stage in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Accompanying the scene, you'll find links to more video clips to watch the director, designer and actors discussing how their characters are changed by what happens to them.