Tónan Quito

Sonho de uma Noite de Verão

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2016

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1594/96), Shakespeare, taking inspiration from classical mythology, merges several stories, presenting characters in conflict and sparking confusion, in a game of successive amorous encounters and disagreements. This comedy alternates between reality and fantasy; between the order of political and social power and a chaotic world represented by the forest where fairies and elves dwell. Before the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, a couple desperate to escape the laws of the city flees to the forest, with another pair behind them; a troupe of amateur actors are already there rehearsing a play to be performed on the wedding day. Here, Oberon and Titania have quarrelled. This is when Puck appears and causes the chaos of love… and everything becomes one long dream.

Credits

Director
Tónan Quito

Original text:
William Shakespeare

Cast

Celeste Melo – Moon
Carlos Nery – Theseus
Maria Helena Falé – Hippolyta
João Silvestre – Egeus
Jorge Leal Cardoso – Lysander
Carlos Fernandes – Demetrius
Maria Emília Castanheira – Hermia
Isabel Simões – Helena
Maria José Baião – Peter Quince (carpenter)/Prologue
Isabel Millet – Nick Bottom (weaver)/Pyramus
Júlia Guerra – Francis Flute (bellows-mender)/Thisbe
Cristina Gonçalves – Tom Snout (tinker)/Wall
Manuela de Sousa Rama – Snug (joiner)/Lion
Paula Bárcia – Robin Starveling (tailor)/Moonshine
António Pedrosa – Oberon
Kimberley Ribeiro – Titania
Elisa Worm – Puck
Helena Marchand, Catarina Rico, Angelina Mateus – Fairies

Translation and stage version
Fernando Villas-Boas
Scenography
F. Ribeiro
Costume designer
José António Tenente
Lighting designer
Daniel Worm
Sound designer
Pedro Costa
Staging assistant
Rita Durão
Photography
Bruno Simão
Videography
Marco Arantes
Executive production
Companhia Maior
Producer from Companhia Maior
Luís Moreira

Co-production

Centro Cultural de Belém
Companhia Maior

Partners

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Belém Parish Council
HomemBala

Support

ESPAZO self-storage
Eficácia Livre
The Portuguese Army – Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No 1

Acknowledgements

Flávio Pereira
Óscar Gouveia
Capitão Ladeiro
Octávio Gonçalves
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

Performances

PREMIÈRE
2, 3 and 4 December 2016
Centro Cultural de Belém
Lisbon

Photo: © Bruno Simão

© Companhia Maior