Russell T Davies adapts a classic Shakespeare play for television. Pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, in the tyrannical court of Athens, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father. Meanwhile, in the town below, the Mechanicals, an amateur theatre group, rehearse, complete with all of their comic rivalries. Dark forces are stirring in the wild woods beyond Athens...
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Russell T Davies adapts a classic Shakespeare play for television. Pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, in the tyrannical court of Athens, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father. Meanwhile, in the town below, the Mechanicals, an amateur theatre group, rehearse, complete with all of their comic rivalries. Dark forces are stirring in the wild woods beyond Athens...
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