How would Shakespeare have written 'A Midsummer Night's Dream´ not as a play but as a ballet story if he had lived here abouts and in our day? Mendelssohn, if had contemplated his music embodying The Wedding March as well which he composed while he was yet fifteen for a two act ballet, how would have the composition been like? The work gives the answers to these questions explicitly clear. The king and the queen of the forest, fairies, the forest sprits, the magic flower with love potion which makes one fall in love with that eyes first laid on, the actors shivering in fear through the forest and manipulated by the love story there, all in one late... A comedy of fallacies by means of sorcery and magic which is the concern of men at all times! Some from Shakespeare, some from Mendelssohn and some from us!

FIRST ACT

The theatre stage is being prepared for final rehearsal. Some of the stage lights have been lowered, adjustments are being made and the light bulbs are being changed. The technicians talk while working. A singer singing an aria as proceeds to the stage is returned back because the work is not yet done. The director of the play to be staged that evening anxiously enters the stage with the assistant. The director has learned that all the performers have caught swine flu and ponders over a solution to the problem. Suddenly thinks of a bright idea and convinces the technicians to replace the performers. The orchestra is positioned for the rehearsal.

The mischievous sprite Puck crouched down observes all that occurs and chuckles in expectation. The invisible sprites of the forest are all around. The king of the forest sprites Oberon is at odds with the fairy queen Titania because of the child she had adopted. The envious Oberon while pressing to send the child away Titania refuses it. Titania in turn is in complaint because Oberon pampers sycophant Puck a lot. She furiously departs Oberon. Then things are messed up in the forest and love coquetries, intrigues, sorcery take action. To this interesting milieu the theatre group is added. For the rehearsal of the play they would perform they had spotted a quiet place in the forest. Yet they would regret for this choice as a friend of them is turned into a donkey by Puck during the night!

SECOND ACT

The donkey enjoys itself with the indulging care of the fairies. Titania with the confort of happiness falls into sleep again. Taking this opportunity Oberon and Puck leave their hideout take action to correct their mistake. This time to secure the conduct Oberon takes the flower from Puck and he himself drops the magic potion from the flower onto the eyes of the queen. Holding Puck responsible for Titania´s love for the donkey warns him not to repeat the mistake.

Puck has made a new toy out of the magic flower. In spite of the scolding he is burning with the desire of trying the flower on others as well. He already has pinpointed two different couples spending the night in the forest. He drops the love potion of the flower onto the eyes of beautiful Hermia too. Loves ought not to occur have started and all is mixed up. Puck this time with a new magic makes a fog cover the whole forest. As people can't see each other in the fog Puck brings together the engaged couples and splahes the love potion into their eyes. Thus while intermingled relations turn into a 'happy end´ Puck with a touch transforms the donkey back into human again. The director dances with joy.

Oberon, this time, is sure of the effects of the love potion he had dropped onto the eyes of Titania. He goes and lies down before the feet of Titania to be first to be seen by her. Titania opening her eyes sees her king and starts to dance with Oberon having deeply fallen in love with him again.

The artists have come to the same open area again for final rehearsal. They become very happy to see the donkey back in human form. All the inhabitants of the forest are there. The artists perform their play and the king, the queen, forest fairies and the sprits cheered them. The artists hand in hand salute all. The crowd in the forest start to dance. This time the artists are the spectators. Towards the end of the dance Puck wriggling out from the crowd addresses the audience:

-'Forget all... all was nothing but a midsummer night's dream!´