SAYS WIKI: A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596, it portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play, categorized as a Comedy, is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
THESEUS Duke of Athens.
EGEUS father to Hermia.
LYSANDER & DEMETRIUS in love with Hermia.
PHILOSTRATE master of the revels to Theseus.
QUINCE a carpenter.
SNUG a joiner.
BOTTOM a weaver.
FLUTE a bellows-mender.
SNOUT a tinker.
STARVELING a tailor.
HIPPOLYTA queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus.
HERMIA daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander.
HELENA in love with Demetrius.
OBERON king of the fairies.
TITANIA queen of the fairies.
PUCK or Robin Goodfellow.
PEASEBLOSSOM fairy
COBWEB fairy
MOTH fairy
MUSTARDSEED fairy
Other fairies attending their King and Queen.
Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta.
SCENE Athens, and a wood near it.
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