In Ancient Greece (Athens), in Pericle's century (around % century BC, if I remember correctly).
It is supposedly set in Athens, the city in Greece. This is presumably because Theseus is a legendary character in the history of that city. However, nobody behaves like ancient Greeks, and Theseus's title ("Duke") is decidedly not Greek at all. Neither are the names of the "rude mechanicals" which are totally English, or the fairies, who come from English and European mythology. We might consider this to be an Athens of the imagination, an Athens imagined by someone who didn't know very much about the place.
The play of A Midnight's Summer Dream takes place in Athens, Greece. Where the two couples Lysander and Hermia, and Demetrius and Helena meet up with each other in a forest. That's when all the drama begins to happen.
Athens, Greece
Demetruis > HermiaHermia >< LysanderHelena > DemetruisAfter the spell is set cast:Hermia > LysanderLysander > HelenaHelena > DemetruisFrom weirdo Somebody
It is set in 1900.
It is set in World War II
The 1950's.
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A Midsummer nights dream is set in Athens, Greece in 1899
No particular era. Theseus and Hippolyta come from ancient Greek legend, but he is given the modern title of "Duke". The rude mechanicals have jobs appropriate to contemporary England and have English names. The fairies are out of Germanic legend except Puck, who is Celtic. Clearly the setting of the play is irrelevant, both as to place and time. In any case in modern productions, directors do not feel bound to a particular era even when the plays are historical, and certainly not in a play like this.
Midsummer Night's Dream was set in Ancient Greece, specifically in the city of Athens.
A town near Athens
Midsummer Night's Dream was set in Ancient Greece, specifically in the city of Athens.
The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Timon of Athens.
To get the Midsummer set, you must first wait for the midsummer Fire festival, then get as many burning blossoms as you can and buy the peices from the midsummer vendors
Demetrius speaking to Helena, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" : Act 2, Scene 1DEMETRIUS235 I will not stay thy questions; let me go:236 Or, if thou follow me, do not believe237 But I shall do thee mischief in the wood.HELENA238 Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field,239 You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius!240 Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex:241 We cannot fight for love, as men may do;242 We should be woo'd and were not made to woo.
You are talking as if the events in the play really happened. They did not. Nobody would mistake this play for anything but a fantasy. Theseus and Hippolyta are legendary figures from the Greek past. Oberon and Titania are equally mythological figures from Germanic mythology. The rude mechanicals are obviously contemporary English. It does not make sense to try to find a temporal setting for the play.
It's supposed to be on a full moon and four days after the play begins...but there isn't ever an exact date that Shakespeare gives you.
Demetruis > HermiaHermia >< LysanderHelena > DemetruisAfter the spell is set cast:Hermia > LysanderLysander > HelenaHelena > DemetruisFrom weirdo Somebody
It is set in 1900.