ABSTRACT

TheseusandHippolyta;2.Thecourtshipanddifficultiesof thefouryounglovers;3·Thefairyworldwithitsspellsand quarrels;4·ThemisadventuresofBottom;5·Theplayof PyramusandThisbe.

Noknownsourcecombinestheseelements.ProbablyShakespearecombinedthemhimself;Quiller-Couch(Camb.1924, xiv-xvii)brilliantlyimagineshowthepoet'smindmayhav~ worked;buttherearemanypossibilities.