Dench Stars, Hall Directs A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM At Rose Theatre Feb 2 To March 20, 2010

WhatsOnStage.com is reporting that Oscar and Tony Award winner Judi Dench will star as Titania in a revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream to be directed by Peter Hall. The performance will be a homecoming for Dench; she first played the role nearly 50 years ago, when she apppeared in Hall's 1962 Royal Shakespeare Company production.

The Dench-led production will play at the Rose Theatre, Kingston from 9 February, 2010 to 20 March, with an opening set for 15 February.

The production is said to be "set in Elizabethan England, with Titania, the Fairy Queen, imagined as "a portrait of the ageing Queen Elizabeth I, fascinated with the theatre, besiged by courtiers but 'married to the people of England.'"

Public booking for A Midsummer Night's Dream opens on 14 September 2009. To book tickets, contact the box office at 0871 230 1552 or visit www.rosetheatrekingston.org.

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Judi Dench's theatre credits include Hay Fever, The Breath of Life (Haymarket Theatre), Merry Wives of Windsor, All's Well That Ends Well (RSC), Amy's View (National Theatre and Broadway) and A Little Night Music (National Theatre). For television, her credits include Cranford, As Time Goes By and Last of the Blonde Bombshells; and for film, The Quantum of Solace, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, Mrs Henderson Presents, Pride and Prejudice, Iris, Chocolat, Shakespeare in Love (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) and Mrs Brown.

Judi Dench will next be seen in the big screen adaptation of NINE THE MUSICAL, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman. The film is set to hit cinemas November 25, 2009. The official trailer was released earlier this year, and we are excited to bring it to you right here on BWW TV!

The all-star cast is directed by Rob Marshall, who also helmed critically-acclaimed 2002 musical Chicago - which garnered six Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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