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CBeebies Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)

Fairies, magic, celebration and comical confusion! Join Swashbuckle's Cook and Line as they help William Shakespeare put together a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the production features lots of CBeebies favourites, including Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom - the star of the play within a play who undergoes a magical transformation! Whoever heard of a talking and singing donkey? English

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Top billed cast

Nicholas BurnsTheseus
Richard David-CaineLine
Andy DayQuince
Joseph ElliottCook
Laura ElsworthyHermia
Ben FaulksFrancis Flute
Calum FinlayLysander
Justin FletcherNick Bottom
Roger GriffithsOberon
Esther HallHippolyta

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