A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Theatre Arts School of San Diego
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Athenians
Theseus The Duke of Athens, has recently won a war against the Amazons, and to reward
himself for his victory is going to marry their queen Hippolyta, whether she likes it or not.
Egeus A courtier at Theseus’s court and his master of revels.
Philostrate Theseus’s Master of the Revels. The Duke sends him to encourage everybody in
Athens to celebrate his wedding and have a festive time during the four days
leading up to the ceremony.
Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons. Having been defeated in battle by Theseus, she is now
betrothed to him.
Lysander A young man of Athens, of good family and fortune.
Demetrius Not the most admirable of young men. Having wooed Helena and won her heart,
he shifts his attentions to Hermia, who will have none of him, but whose father
favors him.
Hermia Egeus’s daughter. In love with Lysander, she refuses to marry Demetrius despite
the threat of death for her refusal.
Helena A young lady of Athens. She was wooed by Demetrius and remains obsessively,
in love with him.
Rude Mechanicals/Roadies
Peter Quince A carpenter with literary pretensions who organizes some fellow workers into
preparing a play he has written to present to Theseus and Hippolyta on their
wedding day (in which he presents the Prologue).
Nick Bottom The weaver, a take-charge sort of fellow, and a great stage ham who wishes to
play all the parts he can in Quince’s play.
Francis Flute A bellows-mender, a young man whose facial hair is only just beginning to grow.
His voice may be unbroken.
Tom Snout A tinker cast as Pyramus’s father and the Wall in Quince’s play.
Snug The joiner is not the most quick-witted of fellows, and is therefore cast as the lion
to avoid his having to learn lines.
Robin
Starveling This tailor portrays Moonshine in Quince’s play.
