There is a quite a few differences between the book and the movie. Like in the book Oberon curses Titania in order to acquire her Indian page. Before releasing her, he reveals to Puck (who likes to exacerbate things and situations) that his plan succeeded. But in the movie, Oberon begins with the same intentions, all mention of the Indian page is dropped after the initial confrontation and is never resolved. In the book there is also no torches or lights but in the movie there is a torch. In the movie, there is a mud pit that Hermia and Helena fall in while in the woods, this scene was used for dramatic effect. While in the book there is no such thing for a mud pit. In the book, Peter Quince opens the play within the play as the Prologue, explaining the action to come and then departing the stage. As of the movie, Snout as the Wall opens the play. Peter Quince remains backstage to feed lines and become frustrated with the shortcomings of his cast.. There is many more differences between the movie and the book. Also, in the book it is never mentioned or implied that Bottom is married. In the movie, Bottom hides from his angry wife in the city, who urgently seeks her "useless dreamer" of a husband. Other than these, there's not many more differences that I know of. Both versions were very good in my opinion and also extremely interesting to read/watch. My favorite character was Puck, just because he was very bane to everyone except his master, who I forget the name of. He was eminent for causing drama and chaos.
I've never really read Shakespeare much but now that I have, I feel the need to read more of these books.
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