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A Midsummer Night's Dream escape rooms
Five self-checking escape rooms on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, one for each act. Every answer comes from the act, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. They suit high school English classes and homeschoolers from about grade 8.
No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See the rooms on all twelve plays.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 1Four Happy DaysFree taster
A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 2The Magic FlowerFree taster
A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 3Lord, What FoolsFree taster
A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 4A Most Rare VisionFree taster
A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 5If We ShadowsFree tasterRoom by room
- Act 1: Four Happy Days. Theseus and Hippolyta's coming wedding, Egeus's complaint against Hermia, the cruel law of Athens, the lovers' plan to run away, Helena's sorrow and the workmen sharing out the parts of their play.
- Act 2: The Magic Flower. Robin and the Fairy, the quarrel of Oberon and Titania, the flower called love-in-idleness, Helena chasing Demetrius, the spell on Titania and Robin's mistake with Lysander.
- Act 3: Lord, What Fools. The workmen's rehearsal in the wood, Bottom's ass's head, Titania's love for him, Oberon's attempt to put Robin's mistake right, the quarrel of the four lovers and Robin leading them astray in the fog.
- Act 4: A Most Rare Vision. Titania and Bottom with the fairies, Oberon releasing Titania, the hunting party at dawn, the lovers woken and pardoned, Bottom waking alone and his return to his friends.
- Act 5: If We Shadows. Theseus on lovers and poets, the choice of entertainment, the workmen's play of Pyramus and Thisbe, the Bergomask dance, the fairies' blessing and Robin's last words.