The first shows classical love story about pair of lovers, who wants to marry, but their parents are against it:
The monarch of Athens, duke Theseus is going to marry Hippolyta, queen of Amazons. One day the old Egeus comes to Theseus with complains to his daughter Hermia, who doesn’t want to marry Demetrius, as it wants her father, because she felt in love with Lysander. Her argument is that Demetrius confess his love to Helena, Hermia’s best friend, who loves Demetrius to the craze. However, Egeus is sure that the right way is his daughter’s wedding with Demetrius and he is determined to use the old law according to which Hermia could be killed if she doesn’t marry Demetrius. The only possibility to save their love is to escape from Athens. Hermia and Lysander decide to do it. Hermia tells this secret to her best friend Helena, who reveals their plans to Demetrius in order to fawn over him. Demetrius is going to find and stop them.
The second story line shows amateurish actors, originally workmen, who are training the play for duke Theseus’s wedding. As they have no calm in the town of Athens, they are finding their peace in near forest. It is the same forest, where young lover stay for a night to have a rest. So during one night there are not just actors and escaping lovers, but also Demetrius chased by Helena, who is looking for Hermia.
This forest isn’t such an ordinary forest, but its really magic forest, while it is the home of Titania, queen of fairies, and her husband, king Oberon. This supernatural pair has its own problems. Oberon wants to punish his wife, so he orders his helper, goblin Puck, to find magic flower. Magic power of the flower is that if you touch your eyes with it, you will fall in love with the first person you will see.

„Přines drobný kvítek západní, dřív mléčně bílý, nyní nachový. Od rány lásky, dívky říkají mu srdečník – nuž přines mi ten květ. Již jedenkrát jsem ti jej ukázal. Když jeho šťáva spícím na víčka se nakape – ať žena to neb muž, hned musí vzplanout láskou šílenou ke tvoru prvnímu, jejž zhlédne pak.“

Oberon touches Titania´s eyes with the magic flower and transmogrifies one of that actors- Bottom into donkey. When Titania wakes up, she sees this donkey and she immediately falls in love with him, what is big fun for Oberon.
At the same time Oberon sends Puck to find one Athenian and touch his eyes with magic flower. He mentions Demetrius in order to love Helena again. „Ty také vezmi šťávy, rychle spěj a celý tento háj prohledej, je spanilá kdes Athéňanka tady, jejížto láskou zhrdá hejsek mladý. Jdi a tou šťávou oči jemu natři a dívka ta pak první buď, co spatří.