A midsummer's night dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus is the the Duke of Athens and he is planning his marriage with Hippolyta. and with marriage he will plan a large festival to celebrate their marriage. Egeus enters, followed by his daughter Hermia, her beloved Lysander, and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus explains to Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. instead she wants to marry Lysander. He says that if she does not marry theseus the punish will be Hermia's death if she does not obey.
Theseus agrees with Hermia that it is her duty to obey her father or he threatens her with either entering a nunnery or marrying the man her father chooses. Lysander protests against it but is overridden by the law. He and Hermia decide to run away in the night into the woods that surrounds Athens. This is so they can escape the law and get married together. They tell their plan to Helena. This girl is madly in love with Demetrius. Hoping to gain favour with Demetrius, Helena decides to tell him about the plan.
Some local artisans and workmen have decided to perform a play for Theseus as a way to celebrate his wedding. They have gone to practice in the woods aswell.
Robin Goodfellow who is a puck, meets a fairy who serves Queen Titania. He tells the fairy that King Oberon is in the woods, and tells her that Titania should avoid Oberon because they will quarrel again. Titania and Oberon meet and begin arguing about a young boy Titania has stolen and is caring for. Oberon demands that she give him the boy, but she refuses. Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania and put some pansy juice on her eyes. The magical juice will make her fall in love with first person she sees upon waking up. Soon after Puck is sent away to fetch the juice, Oberon overhears Demetrius and Helena in the woods.
Demetrius leaves Helena in the forest by herself. Oberon decides that he will change this situation with Demetrius and Helena. He then finds Titania and drops the juice onto her eyelids. Robin goes to find Demetrius, but instead stumbles across Lysander and accidentally uses the juice on him.
By accident Helena comes across Lysander and wakes him up. He immediately falls in love with her and starts to chase her through the woods. Oberon sees this and realises the mistake! He then puts pansy juice on to Demetrius's eyelids and then he falls madly in love with Helena. Helena thinks they are tormenting her and becomes furious at their declarations of love. Lysander and Demetrius prepare to fight one another over Helena. Puck gets in the way and leads them through the woods in circles until they collapse onto the ground because of exhaustion. He then brings the two women to same area and puts them to sleep as well.
Oberon further releases Lysander from the spell. Theseus arrives with a hunting party and finds the lovers layed out on the ground. He orders the hunting horns blown so they will all wake up.
The lovers explain why they are in the woods, at which point Egeus demands that he be allowed to exercise the law on Hermia to kill her. However, Demetrius intervenes and tells them that he no longer loves Hermia. He says that he only loves Helena now. Theseus decides to overbear Egeus and let the lovers get married that day with him. Together they return to Athens.
The group of men perform there play and after everyone reties home. Puck arrives and starts to sweep the house clean. Oberon and Titania briefly bless the couples and their future children. It all ended well!
THE END!