In act one scene one Egeus meets with Theseus to discuss about his daughters marriage. He brings his daughter, Demitrius and Lysander with him so that Hermia can choose the person that she wants to marry. Egeus tells Theseus that Demitrius has his permission to marry his daughter, but Lysander has stolen his daughter's heart. Egeus then asks Theseus to approve of the marriage and to call Athens law, so that if Hermia denies Demitrius she will be killed for disobeying her father. After arguing over the marriage, Theseus gives Hermia time to think about her decision and leaves with Egeus and Demitrius.
Then in the courtyard Hermia and Lysander are discussing their problem. Lysander then tells Hermia that they can run away to his aunt's house to get married, so that the Athen's law can't affect her. Helena enters the courtyard and Hermia tells her of her plans with Lysander. After Hermia and Lysander leave the courtyard Helena's jealousy was shown as she started to formulate a plan to reveal Hermia's secret to Demitrius to get in his favor.
Scene two starts off with a man reading names off a list for a play. One of the actors in this play is a show boater that thinks he is good enough to play all of the parts. As the scene goes on a small thin man is called and his part is a woman he is made fun of and the show boater continues to boast about his greatness. After the names are done being yelled out and the parts are assigned, the director tells the group of actors to meet in the Forest for their rehearsal so that the people in town don't find out what the play is about.
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