Puck sends the lovers to sleep, while Oberon releases Titania from the spell.

The lovers return to Athens for a triple wedding, and Bottom and his friends perform their play.

We meet our storyteller Puck, and learn about the impending marriage of Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta.

We meet the Mechanicals, a hapless group of amateur actors rehearsing their play for the forthcoming marriage celebrations.

Oberon and Titania are arguing in the woods, and Puck is instructed to find a magic flower.

Oberon uses the magic flower on Titania, but Puck uses it on the wrong Athenian.

Titania falls in love with Bottom transformed into a donkey, and Oberon discovers Puck's mistake.

Demetrius and Lysander compete for Helena's love, and Hermia starts a fight.