A Midsummer Night's Dream

This classic play weaves together several stories taking place under the moon of a mystical midsummer night. One story involves a complicated lovers’ quarrel among four Athenian youths. Another follows a group of six amateur actors preparing for the performance of a lifetime. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by mischievous fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and is widely performed.