Puck..."My mistress with a monster is in love. Near to her close and consecrated bower, While she was in her dull and sleeping hour, A crew of patches, rude mechanicals, That work for bread upon Athenian stalls, Were met together to rehearse a play Intended for great Theseus' nuptial-day".

One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream brilliantly confronts the power of infatuation and romantic desire.

The characters and pieces in this chess set are represented as follows:

King/Oberon, Queen/Titania, Bishop/Hermia and Lysander, Knight/Bottom, Rook/Puck, and the Pawn/Cobweb