Act One Scene One of A Midsummer Night's dream starts off with one of the main characters Theseus speaking to his soon to be wife Hippolyta about their upcoming wedding. In this scene Egeus is trying to get his daughter Hermia to marry the young nobleman Demetrius. Although Hermia loves Lysander her father refuses to let him marry her. Helena is a young beautiful girl who is loved by Demetrius until she expresses her love love back to him, now she is an obsessed and desprate over Demetrius. Theseus tells Hermia that if she disobeys her fathers choices and decides to run of and marry Lysander that she will be excucuted. Although Hermia was threatened she still runs into the forest with Lysander and tells one of her good friends Helena what she is doing. But what Hermia doesn't know is that Helena will do anything for Demetrius's attention even if it means telling on one of her best friends.
In Act One Scene Two Peter Quince is starting to read aloud the casting call for the play for Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. Nick Bottom immediately takes control saying that he is going to be the best actor for each part in the play even thought he is just a weaver who has never acted in a play ever before. Bottom keeps repeating that he is the best actor when Peter Quince is trying to direct his play. Nick Bottom plays Pyramus. Francis Flute is one of the more masculine men in the group and is chosen to play Thisbe a young woman in love with Pyramus who speaks in a falsetto high squeaky voice. Tom Snout is chosen to play Pyramus's father in the play. Robin Starveling ends up playing moonshine in the play for the Duke and his wife. Snug is not so bright and is chosen to play the lion in the play and is afraid that the the women in the audience will be afraid of his majestic roar. This scene ends with Quince telling all of the actors to practice their parts and meet in the forest by the oak tree in the night to practice. This is ironic because of Lysander and Hermia's adventure into the forest that same night!
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