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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Comedy by William Shakespeare
Credits 

Author: William Shakespeare
Publication: The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts), February, 2017, MND
Editors: Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine
Encoded in TEI Simple by: Martin Mueller, Michael Poston
Linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner by: Philip R. Burns, Martin Mueller
Edited for XML and encoded by: Michael Poston, Rebecca Niles
Source: https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/download/teisimple/MND.xml

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Information

  • Approximate running time

    135 min

  • Language

    English

  • Composition of the troupe

    1 narrator bot

    22 actor bots

Characters

  • A Fairy

    in the service of Titania

  • Cobweb

  • Demetrius

  • Egeus

    father to Hermia

  • Francis Flute

    bellows-mender

  • Helena

  • Hermia

  • Hippolyta

    queen of the Amazons

  • Lysander

  • Mote

  • Mustardseed

  • Nick Bottom

    weaver

  • Oberon

    king of the Fairies

  • Peaseblossom

  • Peter Quince

    carpenter

  • Philostrate

    master of the revels to Theseus

  • Robin Goodfellow

    a “puck,” or hobgoblin, in Oberon’s service

  • Robin Starveling

    tailor

  • Snug

    joiner

  • Theseus

    duke of Athens

  • Titania

    queen of the Fairies

  • Tom Snout

    tinker