Original sentence: A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1968 rendition of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall.In the U.It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.It was shown on CBS (with commercials) rather than on an educational television station.The film premiered in theatres in Europe.it premeired on television on the night of February 9, 1969
Edited sentence: , on the night of February 9, 1969.A Midsummer Night's Dream was a 1968 rendition of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall.It is significant of the era in which it premiered (before cable television and PBS), that it was shown on CBS (with commercials) rather than on an educational television station.It starred Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.The commercial networks were far more willing in the 1950's and '60's to risk programming Shakespeare plays.The film premiered in theatres in Europe, but on television in the U