- The supernatural characters:
- Oberon, King of Fairies
- Titania, Queen of Fairies
- Puck, a.k.a. Hobgoblin or Robin Goodfellow, servant to Oberon
- Titania's fairy servants (her "train"):
- First Fairy
- Peaseblossom, fairy
- Cobweb, fairy
- Moth (sometimes rendered as 'Mote'), fairy
- Mustardseed, fairy
| - The Athenians:
- Theseus, Duke of Athens, good friend of Egeus
- Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and betrothed of Theseus
- Egeus, father of Hermia, wants to force Hermia to get married to Demetrius
- Lysander, beloved of Hermia
- Hermia, beloved of Lysander
- Helena, in love with Demetrius
- Demetrius, in love with Hermia
- Philostrate, Master of the Revels for Theseus
| - The acting troupe (also known as The Mechanicals):
- Peter Quince, carpenter, who leads the troupe
- Nick Bottom, weaver; he plays Pyramus in the troupe's production of "Pyramus and Thisbe," and gets a donkey head put on him by Puck so that Titania will magically fall in love with a monster.
- Francis Flute, the bellows-mender who plays Thisbe.
- Robin Starveling, the tailor who plays Moonshine.
- Tom Snout, the tinker who plays the wall.
- Snug, the joiner who plays the lion.
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