Puck on Film

Movie and TV Versions of
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Allen W. Wright

Shakespeare in the Modern Age

There have been several movie and TV adaptations of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The filmmakers have taken many different approaches to the story, with a variety of Pucks. Below are links to my reviews.

1930s - 1980s

Review of the 1935 film of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle with Mickey Rooney as Puck. This 1935 Warner Bros. film was based off the 1934 Hollywood Bowl production and features many 1930s stars
Review of the 1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

Directed by Peter Hall with Ian Holm as Puck. This film was based of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage versions. Includes info about the 1959, 1962 and 1970 RSC productions
Review of the 1981 TV A Midsummer Night's Dream

BBC Television Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)

Directed by Elijah Moshinsky with Phil Daniels as Puck. This BBC TV version became as standard in the classrooms for several years.

1990s

Review of the 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)

Directed by Adrian Noble with Barry Lynch as Puck. This is based off the 2004 RSC stage production
Review of the 1999 movie A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Directed by Michael Hoffman with Stanley Tucci as Puck. This all-star cast film version set the play in late 19th century Italy

MODERN VERSIONS

Review of the 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told: A Midsummer Night's Dream

ShakespeaRe-Told: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)

Written by Peter Bowker and directed by Ed Fraiman with Dean Lennox Kelly as Puck. There's little Shakespeare dialogue in this refashioning of the tale set in a modern-day holiday park.
Review of the 2016 TV movie A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)

Adapted by Russell T. Davies and directed by: David Kerr with Hiran Abeysekera as Puck. This special effects filled interpretation reshapes the tale, setting it in an overtly fascist Athens
Link to a review of the 2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017)

Written and directed by Casey Wilder Mott with Avan Jogia as Puck. This version shifts the action to modern-day Los Angeles with a surfer version of Puck

BROADCASTS OF LIVE THEATRE

Review of the 2013 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe

A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe (2013)

Directed by Dominic Dromgoole with Matthew Tennyson as Puck. This production performed at Shakespeare's Globe. Part of the Globe On Screen.
Live of the 2014 recording of Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)

Directed by Julie Taymor with Kathryn Hunter as Puck. Recorded from the 2013 production from Theatre for a New Audience
Review of the 2019 Bridge Theatre / NT Live stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream from Bridge Theatre / National Theatre Live (2019)

Directed by Nicholas Hytner with David Moorst as Puck. The 2019 stage production from Bridge Theatre, filmed live by NT Live. The roles of Titania and Oberon are reversed.
Recording of Stratford Festival's 2021 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Trish Lindstrom as Puck

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014) from Stratford Festival / StratFest@Home (2021)

Directed by Peter Pasyk with Trish Lindström as Puck. The 2021 outdoor stage production from Canada's Stratford Festival, filmed live for StratFest@Home
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