Summary of Act 3, Scene 1

The actors meet again to start rehearsing for the play but concerns are raised about the play being too scary for the ladies. A plan to write a prologue saying that the lion is not actually a lion and that Pyramus is just an ordinary weaver who does not kill himself is decided. They also decide that one man will need to play a wall and another the moonlight. As they are rehearsing, Puck flies by and turns Bottom's head into that of a donkey's. When the rest of the actors see Bottom the run in fear. However this has woken Titania and she wakes up to see an ass headed Bottom. She confesses her love for him and insists him to stay with her. She then orders four fairies to wait on him hand and foot.