1st watch 5/25/2002 4 out of 10 ( dir peter hall ) represent well intentioned attempt at silly shakespeare play with some good acting and makeup and and set design and but a muddled mess of a movie . i guess even the master can make dud and this sure be one . the central purpose or theme seem to be that human love can last but only with help from a group of god like fairy who be able to move love from one person to another with the sprinkling of flower while the human sleep . what follow be love hop from one person ( or beast ) to another but it all get fix in the end and the lover live happily ever after despite their past night worry due to the constant change in couple . a big piece of fluff from such a serious playwright a shakespeare just doesn not seem to work and despite some good performance this version i thnk will be forget eventually .