A
MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S
DREAM
‐
Quick
Summary
for
Kids
This
story
takes
place
in
Athens,
Greece
‐
where
everything
is
going
wrong.
The
play
starts
in
the
court
room
of
Duke
Theseus.
A
man
named
Egeus
is
having
trouble
with
his
daughter
so
he
brings
her
to
the
duke
for
help.
Egeus’s
daughter,
Hermia
doesn’t
want
to
marry
Demetrius
‐
the
man
her
father
has
promised
to
her.
Instead,
Hermia
wants
to
marry
the
Poet
Lysander.
Duke
Theseus
reminds
Hermia
that
the
law
allows
fathers
to
make
their
daughters
do
anything.
He
tells
her
that
her
only
other
choice
is
to
become
a
nun
and
never
marry
anyone.
Because
the
duke
gives
them
little
choice,
Lysander
and
Hermia
decide
to
run
away
form
Athens.
They
run
into
the
woods
to
make
plans.
While
they
are
in
the
woods,
they
run
into
Helena.
Helena
is
Hermia’s
best
friend.
She
is
sad
because
she
loves
Demetrius.
Hermia
wishes
Demetrius
would
love
Helena
back
‐
then
Hermia
could
marry
Lysander
and
their
problem
would
be
solved!
The
fairies
that
live
in
the
woods
are
also
having
problems.
Oberon,
the
king
of
fairies,
is
angry
at
his
queen,
Titania.
She
is
taking
care
of
a
little
human
boy
and
Oberon
is
jealous.
He
wants
to
take
the
boy
to
be
his
servant.
Titania
won’t
let
him
so
Oberon
decides
to
play
a
trick
on
her.
He
asks
his
helper,
Puck,
to
find
a
magical
flower.
The
flower’s
juices
are
supposed
to
make
someone
fall
in
love
with
the
first
thing
they
see.
Oberon
wants
Puck
to
use
the
flower
on
Titania.
As
night
begins
to
fall,
the
lovers
from
Athens
are
all
lost
in
the
woods.
Lysander
and
Hermia
are
still
trying
to
run
away.
Demetrius
chases
them
while
Helena
follows,
begging
him
to
love
her
back.
Demetrius
is
mean
to
Helena
and
swears
he
will
never
love
her.
Oberon
sees
this
and
feels
sorry
for
Helena.
He
decides
to
help
her
by
using
the
magic
flower
on
Demetrius
too.
In
another
part
of
the
woods,
a
group
of
workers,
or
mechanicals,
are
practicing
a
play
to
perform
for
Duke
Theseus
on
his
wedding
day.
They
are
very
funny
and
silly
characters.
Nick
Bottom
is
the
loudest
and
funniest
of
them
all.
He
is
also
very
bossy
and
wants
to
play
all
the
play’s
parts.
Puck
sees
Nick
Bottom
and
thinks
it
would
be
funny
to
make
Queen
Titania
fall
in
love
with
him.
While
Titania
is
sleeping,
Puck
drops
the
magic
juices
into
her
eyes.
Then
Puck
make
the
joke
even
funnier
by
turning
Nick
Bottom’s
head
into
a
donkey
head.
All
of
the
mechanicals
are
scared
when
they
see
Nick
Bottom
with
a
donkey
head.
They
run
away
screaming
and
wake
up
Titania.
She
instantly
falls
in
love
with
Nick
Bottom.
On
his
way
back
to
King
Oberon,
Puck
finds
Lysander
and
Hermia
sleeping.
Puck
thinks
that
Lysander
is
the
man
who
needs
the
love
drops.
He
is
wrong!
Puck
accidentally
makes
Lysander
fall
in
love
with
Helena.
Helena
is
very
confused,
and
Hermia
is
very
mad.
She
thinks
her
best
friend
has
stolen
her
boyfriend.
Puck
tries
to
fix
things
by
putting
the
drops
into
Demetrius’s
eyes.
Now
Demetrius
loves
Helena
too!
Helena
is
angry
and
thinks
the
men
are
teasing
her.
Hermia
tries
to
fight
Helena.
Oberon
is
mad
at
Puck
for
making
so
many
mistakes.
He
makes
Puck
stay
up
all
night
and
fix
the
mess.
When
the
lovers
wake
up
in
the
morning,
Lysander
loves
Hermia
and
Demetrius
loves
Helena.
Everyone
is
happy
and
they
go
back
to
Athens
to
tell
Egeus
and
Duke
Theseus.
Everything
is
better
in
the
fairy
kingdom
too.
Oberon
reverses
the
spell
on
Titania
and
Nick
Bottom.
Oberon
and
Titania
stop
fighting
and
Puck
apologizes
for
all
of
his
mistakes.