ACT I
Scene I: Athens. The Palace of Theseus.
Scene II: Athens. Quince's House
ACT II
Scene I: A wood near Athens
Scene II: Another part of the wood
ACT III
Scene I: The Wood. Titania lying asleep.
Scene II: Another part of the wood
ACT IV
Scene I: Lysander Demetrius, Helena and Hermia lying asleep
Scene II: Athens. Quince's house
ACT V
Scene I: Athens. The Palace of Theseus
Some Shakespeare Facts!
1. William Shakespeare was born in 1564, but his exact birthdate is unknown. He was baptized on April 26 of that year, so his birth would have been shortly before.
2. Shakespeare did not go to college.
3. Shakespeare was eighteen when he married Anne Hathaway in 1582. She was 26 and expecting his baby. SCANDAL! The couple had a baby girl, and then had twins, a boy and a girl, in 1584.
4. Sometime in the mid 1580’s, Shakespeare moved to London from his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
5. Almost no information exists about Shakespeare’s activities from the time he moved to London to 1592, when he was described as an up-and-coming playwright in the London theater scene. Because of this, the years 1585 to 1592 are called “the lost years”.
6. According to reports, Shakespeare wrote quickly and with ease; Fellow playwright Ben Jonson said “Whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line.”
