A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) of the score were used in Woody Allen's 1982 film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy". Many of the tunes in the score were used by John Stepan Zamecnik for the dogfight music in the film Wings in 1927. A distinctive portion of the tune was used in the second episode of the ABC TV documentary "Keating: The Interviews", where Kerry O'Brien chronicles the life and career of legendary Australian politician Paul Keating. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". First in 1826, near the start of
Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Demetrius is one of the iconic lovers in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He is a young Athenian who is engaged to another young Athenian, Hermia. He claims to love her, but really appears this way to gain Duke Theseus' and Egeus' support (in one interpretation). However, Hermia does not love Demetrius, but instead she loves a man called Lysander. Demetrius follows Hermia and Lysander into the woods once they have fled Athens, whilst Helena follows him. Helena craves Demetrius' love but he doesn't return her love and instead finds her annoying and