The Dream

Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Sets and Costumes by David Walker
Lighting by John B. Read

Running Time: 52 minutes

There may be no happier ode to the illusory nature of love than Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Set to the enchanting score by Felix Mendelssohn, Frederick Ashton’s The Dream is a beguiling retelling of the comedy of errors set in the magical woods of Victorian England.