A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a feuding fairy king and his stubborn queen, a love potion gone awry, and a troupe of bumbling actors weave a commedy of errors in Shakepeare’s beloved tale. Plot Ring in the Spring with A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Matthews. In William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, residents of Athens mix with fairies from a local forest, with absurd results. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is to marry Hippolyta, queen of…