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The play follows two pairs of young lovers who flee into a nearby forest to escape an arranged marriage, intersecting with a quarrel between fairy rulers whose magic causes mistaken affections. A mischievous fairy applies an enchantment that swaps desires, complicating relationships and provoking comic chaos. Meanwhile a group of amateur actors rehearses an earnest but bumbling play. Through a night of transformations, practical jokes, and reconciliations, misunderstandings are overturned and multiple couples are united, while the supernatural and theatrical elements combine to probe love, illusion, and the boundary between dream and waking life.
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