alison - I saw that production of Midsummer Night's Dream in Belfast too - in the Opera House, wasn't it?
I was at school at the time, and my mum took my sister and me to see it. She didn't know how much we'd understand, but I can vividly remember it hurting because I was laughing so hard, especially at the Pyramus and Thisbe scenes at the end ("I die...argh..ugh..I die..." - and still dying 5 minutes later). I got to see a few more RSC productions later when I was on school trips, but none topped that performance.