A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream stages the workings of love. The many storylines overlap and comedy ensues … 

Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology in the woods outside Theseus’s Athens. There two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy, Oberon, who uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or “puck,” Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of “Pyramus and Thisbe.” 

Confused yet? The magical setting and playful characters, particularly the fairies, contribute to its enduring appeal, especially when seen performed on stage.