Program for the 1934 California Festival Association production of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Program for the 1934 production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, staged by the California Festival Association at the Hollywood Bowl, San Francisco Opera House, and The University of California, produced by Meyer W. Weisgal, and directed by Max Reinhardt. The production featured David Lawrence as Theseus, Ingeborg Tillish as Hippolyta, Hollis Davenny as Egeus, Richard Stark as Lysander, George Walcott as Demetrius, Olivia De Havilland as Hermia, Marion Shilling as Helena, Leif Erickson as Oberon, and Mickey Rooney as Puck. The program's cover features a photograph of Reinhardt above a reproduction of his autograph. The program includes notes on the production, author, composer (Mendelssohn), and photographs of the cast.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1934
• associated institution: California's Festival Association
• referenced: Rooney, Mickey
• designer: Klar, Arthur
• Object Name: program, theatre
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 9 in x 12 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 31.75 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
• general subject association: Motion Pictures
• Subject: Theater
• ID Number: 1988.0511.03
• accession number: 1988.0511
• catalog number: 1988.0511.03
• Credit Line: Mickey Rooney
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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