StoryTrek A StoryTrek · A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Through the Enchanted Wood
Step into the wood near Athens, where Shakespeare’s lovers lose their way, the fairies make mischief, and a company of amateur players rehearses by moonlight. You cover the miles on your own everyday walks, wherever you are.
- Distance
- 15 miles (24 km)
- Waypoints
- 9
- Illustrated by
- Arthur Rackham
Included with StoryTrek+, or buy this journey on its own for $2.99 and keep it.
Fifteen miles of moonlit paths.
Shakespeare sets the play in a wood near Athens and never says how large it is. StoryTrek’s route winds 15 miles through it, with 9 waypoints drawn from the play. Every walk, run, or treadmill session your phone records takes you deeper into the wood.
How long the journey takes
| You walk | You reach the end in |
|---|---|
| 1 mile a day (2 km) | about 15 days |
| 2 miles a day (3 km) | about 8 days |
| 3 miles a day (5 km) | about 5 days |
| 5 miles a day (8 km) | about 3 days |
A 10,000-step day is roughly 4 to 5 miles, which gets you to the end in about 4 days.
A night in the wood, path by path.
The route follows the play into the wood near Athens, tracing the paths of the lovers, the fairies, and the wandering players as magic turns hearts around and mischief runs loose, until harmony is restored.
Each waypoint pairs one of Arthur Rackham’s 1908 illustrations with a moment from the play. Reach one, and the next path through the trees opens.
Walk it together
Start a company with a friend, a book club, or a whole office. Everyone walks their own miles, wherever they live, and the group finds its way through the same moonlit wood together.
Into the wood
The fairies
are expecting you.
Download StoryTrek, choose Through the Enchanted Wood, and follow the lovers into the wood near Athens.