The first act and the first scene of the second act of Max Reinhardt’s production of the Shakespearian fantasy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” will be broadcast direct from the San Francisco Memorial Opera House over an NBC-WEAF network at 11:30 p. m. (E. S. T.) Thursday. Francesco Braggiotti will play Hippolyta, Evelyn Venable will have the role of Helena and Mickey Rooney, 12, will be cast as Puck.
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