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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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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, in love with Hermia PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1514
- Length16,674 words
- Chapters11
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
11 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
- 02Dramatis Personæ
- 03SCENE I. Athens. A room in the Palace of Theseus
- 04SCENE II. The Same. A Room in a Cottage
- 05SCENE I. A wood near Athens
- 06SCENE II. Another part of the wood
- 07SCENE I. The Wood.
- 08SCENE II. Another part of the wood
- 09SCENE I. The Wood
- 10SCENE II. Athens. A Room in Quince’s House
- 11SCENE I. Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of Theseus
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