Who is Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Answer 1

Thisbe is the lovely heroine of the play Pyramus and Thisbe, performed by the rude mechanicals under the direction of Peter Quince in Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The lovely Thisbe (whom Bottom cannot help calling Thisne for some reason) is played by the only very slightly bearded bellows-mender Flute. At the casting session Flute is told he "may play it in a mask", but this (like just about everything else in the play) may well change before the performances.

For a hilarious and broad (in more than one sense) Thisbe, see Joe E Brown in the 1935 movie. For a touching and seriously amazing Thisbe, see Sam Rockwell in the 1999 movie.

Answer 2

Thisbe is a character in the play within a play that is performed by the tradesmen in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Thisbe is the lover of Pyramus, and their tragic and comical story is parodied by the bumbling actors.