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To what extent is the mechanicals performance of Pyramus and Thisby a success?
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- Thu Jul 11 2002

... Cerys Speakman, 10K To what extent is the mechanicals' performance of Pyramus and Thisby a success? 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' is a play about love, magic and comedy. At the start of the play, there are four days until the Duke Theseus and his lady Hippolyta get married. At the court, there are four young people; Hermia, Demetrius, Helena and Lysander. Hermia and Lysander love each other, Demetrius loves Hermia, and Helena loves Demetrius. Titania and Oberon are the King and Queen of the fairies. Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania because they are having an argument over a slave boy. Oberon gets his trusty slave Puck to use a "Love in Idleness" flower to make Demetrius love Helena. Puck gets confused and mixes up the people. Oberon uses the "Love in Idleness" flower on Titania, hoping that she will fall in love with something monstrous. When she wakes up














