The Rehearsal
Loading image...
You are Puck, the merry wanderer of the night. You swoop through the trees, invisible to mortal eyes.
In a clearing near where the Fairy Queen Titania sleeps, a group of rough Athenian workmen—"hempen homespuns"—have gathered. They are clumsily rehearsing a play about Pyramus and Thisbe.
One of them, a weaver named Bottom, is making a fool of himself, loudly demanding to play every role. He steps into the bushes to wait for his cue. This is too perfect an opportunity for a prank.