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Fairy, Lines 32-42a
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 32-42a

A performance of lines 32-42a by Fairy in Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 2.1 Performance: Fairy Lines 32-42a

Fairy

Either I mistake your shape and making quite,
Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite
Called Robin Goodfellow. Are not you he
That frights the maidens of the villag’ry,
Skim milk, and sometimes labor in the quern,
And bootless make the breathless housewife churn,
And sometime make the drink to bear no barm,
Mislead night wanderers, laughing at their harm?
Those that “hobgoblin” call you and “sweet puck,”
You do their work and they shall have good luck.
Are not you he?

Robin 

Fairy

[Enter King Oberon and his fairies from one side, Queen Titania and her fairies from the other]

Oberon

Titania

Oberon

Titania

Oberon

Titania

Oberon

Titania

Oberon

Titania

Oberon

Titania

[Exit Titania with her fairies]

Oberon

Robin 

Oberon

Robin 

[Exit Robin]

Oberon

[Enter Demetrius with Helena following him. Oberon remains nearby.]

Demetrius

Helena

Demetrius

Helena

Demetrius

Helena

Demetrius

Helena

Demetrius

Helena

Demetrius

Helena

[Exit Demetrius, Helena following him, leaving Oberon alone on the stage]

Oberon

[Enter Robin with the flower which had been struck by Cupid's bow]

Robin (Puck)

Oberon

[Oberon gives some of the flowers to Robin]

Robin

[Exit Robin and Oberon separately]