Midsummer Night's Dream Film Analysis

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Intimate pictures, on display for the first time in years, show the young Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Diana Rigg in Sir Peter Hall's 1968 version of Midsummer Night's Dream 2K

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Diana Rigg as Helena and Helen Mirren as Hermia.
Diana Rigg as Helena and Helen Mirren as Hermia. Photo: David Farrell A brief history of time
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Patrick Sawer By Patrick Sawer7:30AM GMT 20 Mar 2016
They are the publicity shots for what appears to be a rather racy Sixties film, with nymphs and fairies frolicking amid an English rural setting.
One photograph shows a naked woman, her modesty …show more content…

Indeed you might.
Woodland Judi Dench as Titania.
Woodland Judi Dench as Titania. Photo: David Farrell
The women, taking part her in Sir Peter Hall’s version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, would go on to become three of Britain’s best loved actresses, their careers going from sex kittens to national treasures in the span of fifty years.
One is Helen Mirren – who would go on to star in more hard-boiled films and dramas, such as The Long Good Friday, Prime Suspect and State of Play.
Dreamland Judi Dench as Titania with Paul Rogers as Bottom.
Dreamland Judi Dench as Titania with Paul Rogers as Bottom. Photo: David Farrell
With her in that 1968 film version of Midsummer Night’s Dream was Diana Rigg, who had just had a huge hit as Emma Peel in The Avengers and went on to play James Bond’s wife in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and starred more recently in The Game of Thrones series.With her in that 1968 film version of Midsummer Night’s Dream was Diana Rigg, who had just had a huge hit as Emma Peel in The Avengers and went on to play James Bond’s wife in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and starred more recently in The Game of Thrones

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