A Midsummer Night's Dream
Natsu No Yo No Yume
31st May 2007
New National Theatre, Tokyo
This production was first performed at the New National Theatre (Shinkokoritsu Gekijo) in Tokyo on 31st May 2007.
It was revived at the same theatre two years later, opening on 29th May 2009 and it toured to the Aubade Hall in Toyama in June of the same year.
The names of the Japanese creative team and cast appear in the Japanese style with family names first and given names second.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Written by | William Shakespeare |
| Japanese Translation by | Matsuoka Kazuko |
Creative Team
| Directed by | John Caird |
| Set, Costume, Hairstyling and Make-up Designer | Sue Blane |
| Lighting Designer | Nakagawa Ryuichi |
| Music by | Ilona Sekacz |
| Musical Director | Kume Daisuke |
| Sound Designer | Kurono Hisashi |
| Choreography | Hirosaki Uran |
| Assistant Director | Oe Sachihiko |
| Associate Set Designer | Roy Bell |
| Assistant Costume Design | Hayashi Natsuko |
| Assistant Hairstyling and Make-up | Sato Yuko |
| Stage Manager | Shibuya Toshihisa |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Yano Shinichi / Mitsuyasu Koichi / Takeuchi Noriko / Obana Makoto |
| Interpreter for the Director | Suzuki Nao |
| Music Coordination | 3-D CORPORATION LTD. / Nakamura Akiko |
| Rehearsal Pianists | Park Seungcheol / Kubo Yuko / Endo Natsue |
| Costumes by | Terada Kazue / Fujiwara Emi |
| Dressers | Yoshida Hitomi / Wada Yukiko |
| Prompter | Yajima Miki |
| Assistant Producers | Hayafune Satoshi / Kamikuri Yoko |
| Script Assistant | Obara Hiroshi |
| Lyric Translation | Suzuki Hiro |
| Title Calligraphy | Mizuno Eiji / Shiba Ippei |
| Stage Carpenters | Haiyuza Gekijo Butai Bijutsubu / Ishimoto Shunji |
| Props | Takatsu Eiga Soshoku Bijutsu / Nakamura Erito |
| Special Props | Tsuchiya Kobo / Tsuchiya Takeshi / Abe Ichiro / HORIO kobo |
| Additional Costumes by | Kobo Ichi / Momaworkshop |
| Hairstyling and Make-up | Studio AD / Okada Tomoe / Watanabe Tamami |
| Footwear | Dr Martens Shimokitazawa |
| Stage, Lighting and Sound Crew | New National Theatre, Tokyo Technical Department / Theatre Communication Systems / Len's |
| Musical Instruments | Sankyosha |
| Musical Instrument Assistance | YAMAHA Art / Roland |
| Interpreters | Watari Yuko / Shibata Ayako |
| Translation | Kondo Akiko |
| Assistance | Wakao Kayoko |
| Artistic Director of New National Theatre | Kuriyama Tamiya |
| Producer | Asada Toshiko |
Cast
| Theseus / Oberon | Murai Kunio |
| Hippolyta / Titania | Asamai Rei |
| Egeus | Oshima Usaburo |
| Hermia | Miya Naoko |
| Helena | Koyama Moeko |
| Lysander | Hosomi Daisuke |
| Demetrius | Ishimdoa Shiro |
| Peter Quince | Aoyama Tatsumi |
| Bottom | Yoshimura Sunao |
| Snug | Kojima Naoki |
| Flute | Mizuno Eiji |
| Snout | Otaki Hiroshi |
| Starveling | Sako Yoshi |
| Puck (or Robin Goodfellow) | Cho Songha |
| Indian Boy | Morikubo Taiga / Kishita Yuto |
| Titania’s Fairies | |
| Peaseblossom | Kanda Sayaka |
| Cobweb | Sakaue Marin |
| Moth | Jungle |
| Mustardseed | Matsuda Naoko |
| Oberon’s Fairies | |
| Spring | Ninomae Dangan |
| Summer | Nishida Kenji |
| Autumn | Morikawa Jiro |
| Winter | Shiba Ippei |
Musicians
| Oberon’s Band | |
| Bandleader / Keyboard | Park Seungcheol |
| Percussion / Drum Kit | Ise Yuichi |
| Flute | Masumoto Itaru |
| Saxophone / Clarinet | Funaki Yoshiyuki |
| Titania’s Band | |
| Keyboard | Kubo Yuko |
| Percussion | Sekiya Naoko |
| Trumpet | Mizutani Maki |
| Horn | Nobuoka Yoko |