Act 2, Scene 1
"Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once: The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid
Will make or man or woman madly dote
Upon the next live creature that it sees."
(Oberon, 173-138)
Check your understanding of the scene by attempting the quiz below before watching the Course Hero recap.
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Director's Notebook
Imagine that you are directing a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and answer the following questions:
This scene opens with an interaction between Puck and a Fairy. The interaction concludes to a lot of visual imagery. How, if at all, would you convey these images to the audience through media, set and movement?
How would you introduce Oberon and Titania for maximum impact?
In some productions of the play, Hippolyta and Titania, and Theseus and Oberon are played by the same characters? What effect might this have? If you were directing the play, would you want the same actors to play these roles? Why, or why not?
In what way would you choose to convey the relationship between Puck and Oberon?
Oberon is on stage during the exchange between Demetrius and Helena, but he is invisible. What would you direct the actor playing Oberon to do during this scene and why?