A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In Athens
A Royal Wedding is Impending . . .
Duke Theseus
and
Hippolyta
the Amazon
But Trouble is Brewing . . .
In the Forest
A Magical Queen and King are Fighting
Puck, the fairy minion of
Oberon, is up to mischief:
using a magic flower juice
prescribed by Oberon, he
will make Titania fall in
love with a mortal . . . with
an ass-head! And he will
make both Lysander and
Demetrius fall in love with
Helena . . . “what fools
these mortals be!”
Oberon
the Fairy King
and
Titania
the Fairy Queen
Egeus wants his daughter Hermia who is in love with Lysander to marry Demetrius who has spurned Helena
Meanwhile, some workers prepare a play . . . Pyramus and Thisbe . . . for the wedding feast. Really?!
created by Barbara Cobb