A Midsummer Night's Dream

Natsu No Yo No Yume

29th May 2009

New National Theatre, Tokyo

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Written byWilliam Shakespeare
Japanese Translation by Matsuoka Kazuko

Creative Team

Directed byJohn Caird
Set, Costume, Hairstyling and Make-up DesignerSue Blane
Lighting DesignerNakagawa Ryuichi
Music byIlona Sekacz
Musical Director Kume Daisuke
Sound Designer Kurono Hisashi
ChoreographerHirosaki 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
Interpreter for the DirectorSuzuki Nao
Music Coordination 3-D CORPORATION LTD. / Yoshio Misa
Rehearsal Pianists Park Seungcheol / Kubo Yuko
Costumes by Terada Kazue / Fujiwara Emi
Dressers Yoshida Hitomi / Wada Yukiko
Prompter Yajima Miki
Assistant Set DesignerMatsumura Aya
Assistant Producers Kamikuri Yoko / Inoue Maiko / Shimizu Misa
Script Assistant Obara Hiroshi
Lyric Translation Suzuki Hiro
Title CalligraphyMizuno 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 byKobo Ichi / Momaworkshop
Hairstyling and Make-up Studio AD / Okada Tomoe / Watanabe Tamami
Stage, Lighting and Sound CrewNew National Theatre, Tokyo Technical Department / Theatre Communication Systems / Len's / Yamada Hiroo (Stage) / Suzuki Takehiro (Lighting) / Hanabuchi Akira (Illumination) / Akiyama Masahiro (Sound) / Ito Nobuyuki / Kato Shigeru (Carpenter)
Musical Instruments Sankyosha / Kishi Takuo / Shioya Takatsugu
Musical Instrument AssistanceYAMAHA Art / Roland
AssistanceIto So / Choi Eunjoo
Artistic Director of New National Theatre Uyama Hitoshi
Producer Izawa Masako / Misaki Chikara

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 Cho Songha
Indian Boy Koyama Hayate / Kojima Yukito
Titania’s Fairies
Peaseblossom Kanda Sayaka
Moth JuNGLE
Cobweb Kurata Ami
Mustardseed Seike Yuka
Oberon’s Fairies
Spring Asai Nobuyoshi
Summer Nishida Kenji
Autumn Morikawa Jiro
Winter Shiba Ippei

Musicians

Oberon’s Band
Bandleader / Keyboards Park Seungcheol
Percussion / Drum Kit Ise Yuichi
FluteMasumoto Itaru
Saxophone / Clarinet Funaki Yoshiyuki
Titania’s Band
Keyboard Kubo Yuko
Percussion Sekiya Naoko
Trumpet Mizutani Maki
Horn Nobuoka Yoko