ASL MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Sound Theatre presents ASL MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a digital streaming on-demand version of their 2018 production, available from August 14 through September 19, 2021 on their website. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
The script of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, for your reading pleasure.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The ASL Shakespeare Project
Explore the process of adapting Shakespeare for a Deaf audience with this website, which documents a project to translate and perform Twelfth Night in ASL. Videos in ASL (with transcripts) describe the project and provide further resources.
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A Caribbean Dream
Filmed and set entirely in modern-day Barbados, A CARIBBEAN DREAM is an enchanting take on Shakespeare’s beloved comedy.
Format: Streaming Video
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The Deaf Movement and Musical Theater
Learn more about deaf actors and the use of American Sign Language in musical theater by listening to this podcast recording of a special panel presented by The 5th Avenue Theatre and The Seattle Public Library.
Format: Website or Online Data
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George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In 1962, renowned choreographer George Balanchine created a two-act ballet set to the music Mendelssohn composed for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Watch a modern production in this streaming video.
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Ein Sommernachtstraum
Mendelssohn composed the music for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (which includes the ever-popular “Wedding March”) over a period of twenty years.
Format: Music CD
Availability: Available
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Midsummer in Newtown
In a moving documentary film, director Lloyd Kramer follows the development of a special 2014 community theater production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Newtown, CT, featuring child survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.
Format: Streaming Video
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Known for its immersive creativity, award-winning director Julie Taymor’s adaptation of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM was filmed during a stage performance.
Format: DVD
Availability: All copies in use
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Shakespeare for Squirrels
Moore’s parody of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM features fan favorite Pocket of Dog Snogging in a campy and raucous romp.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The National Theater of the Deaf
This short film features two performances by the National Theater of the Deaf, a pioneering Deaf-theater company, as well as commentary on their unique performance style and use of ASL in theater.
Format: Streaming Video
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