Characters in Midsummer Night’s Dream

The “Mechanics” Craftsmen of Athens, (this group provides most of the comedy.  Bottoms is turned into a donkey by the Fairies as a joke.)

Quince……………………………a carpenter

Snug………………………………a joiner (cuts and fits wood)

Bottom……………………………a weaver

Flute………………………………a bellows mender

Snout……………………………...a tinker

Starveling…………………………a tailor

The Fairies

Oberon…………………………….King of the Fairies

Titania……………………………..Queen of the Fairies

Puck or Robin Goodfellow……….a fairy (can be boy or girl)

Peaseblossom……………………...a fairy Cobweb……………………………a fairy

Moth……………………………….a fairy

Mustardseed……………………….a fairy

Fairies attending their King and Queen

The play takes place in a forest near Athens in fantasy time when fairies still ruled the air on a midsummer’s night.