 These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the story is set.The play, which is categorized as a comedy, is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.Felix Mendelssohn's music was extensively used, as re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.