Based on Sommarnattens leende (1955), which in turn inspired Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Mendelssohn music was also used in Max Reinhardt's version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). Woody Allen wrote the role of Ariel for Diane Keaton, but she couldn't take the part because she was busy promoting her film Reds (1981) and preparing for 'Alan Parker' 's Shoot the Moon (1982). The first time Woody Allen appeared in one of his own films as part of an ensemble ...[Read Story ]