Helena — A Midsummer Night's Dream Character Profile

About Helena

Demetrius's devoted love interest who trails the eloping couples into the woods. She inadvertently becomes the object of romantic confusion after the magic herb is applied.

Character Facts

Played by

Julia Swayne Gordon

Appears in

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Helena — Romantic Pursuer — Demetrius (Walter Ackerman)

  Devoted follower pursuing Helena into the forest.

• Helena — Romantic Herb-Induced Love — Lysander (Maurice Costello)

  Lysander's affection magically redirected to Helena.

• Helena — Narrative Enchanted Object — Puck (Gladys Hulette)

  Helena is caught in the crossfire of Puck's potion chaos.

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• Lysander (Maurice Costello)
• Fairy (Dolores Costello)
• Fairy (Helene Costello)
• Demetrius (Walter Ackerman)
• Quince (Charles Chapman)
• Bottom (William V. Ranous)
• Puck (Gladys Hulette)
• Mechanical (William Shea)
• Hippolyta (Elita Proctor Otis)
• Penelope (Clara Kimball Young)
• Hermia (Rose Tapley)
• Titania (Florence Turner)