<<< overview  <<< back  forward >>>



B  I  B  L  I  O  T  H  E  C  A    A  U  G  U  S  T  A  N  A

 

 

 

 
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
 


 






 






Heinrich Füssli, Titania Awakening 1785/89 (Act IV)



D r a m a t i s 
P e r s o n a e .


_________________



THESEUS, Duke of Athens

EGEUS, father to Hermia

LYSANDER, in love with Hermia

DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia

PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus

QUINCE, a carpenter

SNUG, a joiner

BOTTOM, a weaver

FLUTE, a bellows-mender

SNOUT, a tinker

STARVELING, a tailor



HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, bethrothed to Theseus

HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander

HELENA, in love with Demetrius



OBERON, King of the Fairies

TITANIA, Queen of the Fairies

PUCK, or ROBIN GOODFELLOW

PEASEBLOSSOM, fairy

COBWEB, fairy

MOTH, fairy

MUSTARDSEED, fairy



PROLOGUE, PYRAMUS, THISBY,
WALL, MOONSHINE, LION

are presented by:

QUINCE, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT,
STARVELING, AND SNUG


Other Fairies attending their King and Queen

Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta
 
 
 
<<< overview  <<< back  forward >>>