One of them, Nick Bottom, is isolated from his colleagues, and Puck casts a spell to give him the head of a donkey.

You, Nick Bottom, are set down for Pyramus.

Puck plays a trick on Nick Bottom by giving him donkey ears.

In the rehearsals he is seen in a managerial role even though he struggles to assert himself over the more charismatic Nick Bottom.

It is he who leads the search party looking for Nick Bottom in the middle of the play.

And that creature is the eager, boastful weaver Nick Bottom.

Nick Bottom, the weaver.

Mr. Daniels, who plays Nick Bottom, the play's soft-hearted clown, put my mind at rest.

Nick Bottom cannot play all the parts, work it how he may: there will be somebody else, and the world will be round.

Of these, some critics regard his Noye as his most notable legacy; others find his Nick Bottom to be incomparable.