Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeares intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the startDemetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander.

Bad news is, Hermias father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law.

On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius.

Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena).

In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy.

The plot twists up when Oberons head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking.

Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Dukes wedding (one of whom is given a donkeys head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny.