Overview
Character Name
Theseus
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Authority Figure
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Athens in antiquity, A magical forest
Analysis
Theseus, the Duke of Athens, represents law and order in the world of the play, and is the dictator of Athenian statutes in what ends up being a story about the breakdown of natural rules and the mysterious power of love in the woods on a summer’s night. Theseus appears
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