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Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William Shakespeare
Release date: November 1, 1998 [eBook #1514]
Most recently updated: September 18, 2025
Language: English
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Contents
ACT I
Athens. A room in the Palace of Theseus
The Same. A Room in a Cottage
ACT II
A wood near Athens
Another part of the wood
ACT III
The Wood.
Another part of the wood
ACT IV
The Wood
Athens. A Room in Quince's House
ACT V
Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of Theseus
Dramatis Personæ
THESEUS, Duke of Athens
HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, bethrothed to Theseus
EGEUS, Father to Hermia
HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander
HELENA, in love with Demetrius
LYSANDER, in love with Hermia
DEMETRIUS, …