Hugh Bonneville and Ralph Fiennes on Performing Shakespeare
Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 2m 26s
Hugh Bonneville & Ralph Fiennes discuss their performance in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment.
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This project is made possible through the generosity of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation - lead foundation sponsor with major funding from Rosalind P....
Hugh Bonneville and Ralph Fiennes on Performing Shakespeare
Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 2m 26s
Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment.
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Hugh Bonneville on Shakespeare's Poetic Forms
Clip: S2 Ep1 | 2m 17s | Hugh Bonneville on Shakepeare's usage of poetic forms in A Midsummer Night's Dream. (2m 17s)
Julie Taymor on her Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hugh Bonneville | Preview
Preview: S2 Ep1 | 37s | Hugh Bonneville meets with Ralph Fiennes to try to untangle one of Shakespeare’s plays. (37s)
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This project is made possible through the generosity of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation - lead foundation sponsor with major funding from Rosalind P....