a search for Diana Rigg turned up the 1968 > Royal Shakespeare production of " A Midsummer Night's Dream" that is > wonderful! Very primitive video-wise [actually kinda quaint] and in modern > dress...sorta....for the 60s, but the best reading ever! After all, the play's the > thing. Ian Richardson's Oberon is the best I've ever seen. Judi Dench is Titania > with her boobs hanging out and painted green. Ian Holm is Puck. Helen Mirren > is Hermia. David Warner is Lysander. Diana Rigg is Helena. It's just great!
I was working at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1968 when they were filming "Midsummer Night's Dream." Meeting a bright green Ian Holm in the car park, with his pointy ears and all was a bit startling, especially as I had known him for years! They all used to come back to the theatre to shower off the green makeup, as there were no facilities at Compton Wynyates, where they were filming. (Incidentally the man who invented the process for bald caps and pointy ears, as worn by Mr Spock, was the Wig Master at Stratford.)
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