A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
The grounds of the Castle Hotel, Taunton, 1951
Outdoor performance, performed
by the Taunton Pastoral Players.
| Cast | |
| Mortals | |
| Theseus, Duke of Athens | Stanley Cair |
| Egeus, father to Hermia | Leslie Brown |
| Lysander, in love with Hermia | Leslie Warren |
| Demetrius, in love with Hermia | Cyril Hawken |
| Philostrate, Master of the Revels to Theseus | David Smith |
| Quince, a carpenter | Robert Young |
| Snug, a joiner | Eric King |
| Bottom, a weaver | Harold Fairweather |
| Flute, a bellows mender | Reginald Castell |
| Snout, a tinker | James Cowan |
| Starveling, a tailor | Arthur Scott |
| Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus | Barbara Spencer |
| Hermia, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander | Gladys Young |
| Helena, in love with Demetrius | Kathleen Marfell |
| Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta | Almeric Seymour, Susie Fairweather, Sheila Parsons, Monica Parsons, Mildred Norris, Gladys Murray, Jack Pride, David Charley, W Maynard |
| Immortals | |
| Oberon, King of the Fairies | Doris Barber |
| Titania, Queen of the Fairies | Joan Lloyd |
| Puck or Robin Goodfellow | Wilfred Westlake |
| A Sprite | Margaret Clarke |
| Peasblossom | Gillian Whitby |
| Cobweb | Monica Newcombe |
| Moth | Elizabeth Young |
| Mustardseed | Sheila Whitby |
| Other Fairies attending their King and Queen | E Lupprian, M Lethbridge, H Braybrooks, J Pennington, D Collett, J Dowling, J Masters, C Dimond, K Hopkins, D Hembrow, M Hewlett, P Harris |
| Backstage | |
| Produced by | John Wilkins |
| Master of the Greensward | Wilfred Westlake |
| Orchestra | |
| First Violins | Miss Hopwood, Miss Gliddon |
| Second Violins | Miss Bissell, Miss B Went |
| ‘Cello | Miss Hammett |
| Pianoforte | Miss N Keynes Wyatt |