A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I

• SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.
• SCENE II. Athens. QUINCE'S house.

ACT II

• SCENE I. A wood near Athens.
• SCENE II. Another part of the wood.

ACT III

• SCENE I. The wood. TITANIA lying asleep.
• SCENE II. Another part of the wood.

ACT IV

• SCENE I. The same. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA lying asleep.
• SCENE II. Athens. QUINCE'S house.

ACT V

• SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.

Main actors

• THESEUS, Duke of Athens.
• EGEUS, father to 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.
• Other fairies attending their King and Queen.
• Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta.

fairies.

• PEASEBLOSSOM
• COBWEB
• MOTH
• MUSTARDSEED

in love with Hermia.

• LYSANDER
• DEMETRIUS

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