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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1909 American film directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = A Midsummer Night's Dream<br />
| image = A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film).webm<br />
| caption = {{left|'''PLAY''' film; runtime 00:11:07}}<br />
| director = [[Charles Kent (actor)|Charles Kent]]<br />[[J. Stuart Blackton]] (co-director)<br />
| producer = J. Stuart Blackton<br />
| writer = {{ubl|[[Eugene Mullin]] (scenario){{sfn|Buchanan|2009|pp=130–131}}|[[William Shakespeare]] (play)}}<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = Walter Ackerman<br />[[Charles Chapman (actor born 1877)|Charles Chapman]]<br />[[Dolores Costello]]<br />[[Helene Costello]]<br />
| music =<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| distributor = [[Vitagraph Studios]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1909|12|25}}<br />
| runtime = 1 reel<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = [[Silent film]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''A Midsummer Night's Dream''''' is a 1909 American film directed by [[Charles Kent (actor)|Charles Kent]] and [[J. Stuart Blackton]], and starring [[Walter Ackerman]] and [[Charles Chapman (actor born 1877)|Charles Chapman]].{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}} It was the first film adaptation of the [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|eponymous play]] by [[William Shakespeare]].{{cn|date=May 2018}} The movie was made during summer 1909, but not released until 25 December.{{sfn|Ball|1968|pp=52–56}}<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The Duke of Athens decrees that [[Hermia]] ([[Rose Tapley]]) shall forsake [[Lysander (Shakespeare)|Lysander]] ([[Maurice Costello]]) in favour of her father's choice, [[Demetrius#In literature|Demetrius]] (Walter Ackerman). The lovers elope into the woods, quickly followed by Demetrius and his love, [[Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Helena]] ([[Julia Swayne Gordon]]). The town tradesmen, meanwhile, rehearse a play in honour of the duke's betrothal to [[Hippolyta]]. Back in the forest, [[Titania (Fairy Queen)|Titania]], Queen of Fairies ([[Florence Turner]]), quarrels with Penelope, who avenges herself by sending [[Puck (Shakespeare)|Puck]] ([[Gladys Hulette]]) away with a magic herb, which, dabbed on the eyes of a sleeping person, shall make the "victim" fall in love with the first person to appear after awakening. Soon, Lysander and Demetrius are smitten with the wrong girls and Titania has fallen in love with [[Nick Bottom|Bottom]], the egotistical leader of the tradesmen, whom Puck has turned into an ass (donkey). When Penelope discovers all this mischief, she lifts the spell and the wedding of the duke and Hippolyta can proceed.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*Walter Ackerman as [[Demetrius#In literature|Demetrius]]{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Dolores Costello]] as a fairy{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Helene Costello]] as a fairy{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Maurice Costello]] as Lysander{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Rose Tapley]] as [[Hermia]]{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Julia Swayne Gordon]] as [[Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Helena]]{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Florence Turner]] as [[Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Titania]]{{sfn|Buchanan|2009|pp=130–131}}<br />
*[[Gladys Hulette]] as [[Puck (Shakespeare)|Puck]]{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Elita Proctor Otis]] as Hippolyta{{cn|date=May 2018}}<br />
*[[William J. Humphrey|William Humphrey]]{{cn|date=May 2018}}<br />
*[[William V. Ranous]] as Bottom{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[William Shea (actor)|William Shea]] as [[Mechanical (character)|Mechanical]]{{sfn|Ball|1968|pp=52–56}}<br />
*Charles Chapman as [[Peter Quince|Quince]]{{sfn|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
*[[Charles Kent (actor)|Charles Kent]] as [[Theseus]]{{sfn|Buchanan|2009|pp=130–131}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==Additional sources==<br />
{{refbegin}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title = Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History<br />
|last = Ball<br />
|first = Robert Hamilton<br />
|authorlink = Robert Hamilton Ball<br />
|publisher = [[Routledge]]<br />
|series = Routledge Library Editions: Film and Literature<br />
|year = 2013<br />
|orig-year = first published 1968<br />
|isbn = 9781134980987<br />
|ref = {{harvid|Ball|1968}}<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|author = <!-- no byline --><br />
|website = Film Forever<br />
|publisher = [[British Film Institute]]<br />
|date = n.d.<br />
|access-date = 11 May 2018<br />
|url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf7cde8<br />
|ref = {{harvid|BFI: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)|n.d.}}<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title = Shakespeare on Silent Film: An Excellent Dumb Discourse<br />
|last = Buchanan<br />
|first = Judith<br />
|publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]<br />
|location = Cambridge<br />
|year = 2009<br />
|isbn = 9780521871990<br />
}}<br />
{{refend}}<br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
{{refbegin|30em}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|last = Bennett<br />
|first = Carl<br />
|website = Silent Era<br />
|date = 7 March 2011<br />
|access-date = 13 May 2018<br />
|url = http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MidsummerNightsDream1909.html<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = Silent Shakespeare: The Milestone Collection 2000 DVD edition<br />
|last = Bennett<br />
|first = Carl<br />
|website = Silent Era<br />
|date = n.d.<br />
|access-date = 13 May 2018<br />
|url = http://www.silentera.com/video/collSilentShakespeareHV.html<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title = A Midsummer Night's Dream<br />
|last = Chaudhuri<br />
|first = Sukanta<br />
|series = [[The Arden Shakespeare]], third series<br />
|publisher = [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]<br />
|year = 2017<br />
|isbn = 9781408142776<br />
|page = 38<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|author = <!-- no byline --><br />
|website = A Cinema History<br />
|date = June 2013<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://www.acinemahistory.com/2013/06/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1909.html<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|last = Grutchfield<br />
|first = Michael<br />
|website = The Century Film Project<br />
|date = 11 April 2014<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = https://centuryfilmproject.org/2014/04/11/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1909/<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909, Charles Kent)<br />
|author = <!-- no byline --><br />
|website = Internet Shakespeare Editions<br />
|department = Shakespeare in Performance: Film<br />
|date = n.d.<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/recorded/387/<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|last = Kaufman<br />
|first = J.B.<br />
|website = jbkaufman.com<br />
|date = April 2016<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://www.jbkaufman.com/movie-of-the-month/midsummer-nights-dream-1909<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909): A Silent Film Review<br />
|last = Kramer<br />
|first = Fritzi<br />
|website = Movies Silently<br />
|date = 19 October 2014<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://moviessilently.com/2014/10/19/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1909-a-silent-film-review/<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = Fun Size Review: ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909)<br />
|last = Kramer<br />
|first = Fritzi<br />
|website = Movies Silently<br />
|date = 21 November 2016<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://moviessilently.com/2016/11/21/fun-size-review-a-midsummer-nights-dream-1909/<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|title = 1909 - ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Charles Kent & J. Stuart Blackton<br />
|last = Lang<br />
|first = Fritz<br />
|website=FilmAbInitio.blogspot.com<br />
|date = 24 August 2010<br />
|access-date = 12 May 2018<br />
|url = http://filmabinitio.blogspot.com/2010/08/1909-midsummer-nights-dream-charles.html<br />
|ref = none<br />
}}<br />
{{refend}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt0000966|A Midsummer Night's Dream}}<br />
* {{amg movie|153296|A Midsummer Night's Dream}}<br />
* {{YouTube|id=RBDlU_A032U|title=''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1909) - full film}}<br />
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