A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
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Maurice Costello
as Lysander
Dolores Costello
as Fairy
Helene Costello
as Fairy
Walter Ackerman
as Demetrius
Charles Chapman
as Quince
Julia Swayne Gordon
as Helena
Gladys Hulette
as Puck
William Humphrey
Elita Proctor Otis
as Hippolyta
William V. Ranous
as Bottom
William Shea
as Mechanical
Rose Tapley
as Hermia
Florence Turner
as Titania
Clara Kimball Young
as Penelope
James Young