In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the name of the amateur acting troupe?

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the amateur acting troupe is called the Mechanicals.

The Mechanicals are six working men from around Athens who rehearse and perform the play-within-the-play Pyramus and Thisbe. Their leader, Peter Quince, organizes the production, while Nick Bottom enthusiastically takes the role of Pyramus and repeatedly tries to improve every scene.

The group also includes Snug, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, and Robin Starveling. Their trades shape their comic identities: they are craftspeople and labourers rather than trained professional actors. Shakespeare calls them “rude mechanicals,” referring both to their manual occupations and to their clumsy, unsophisticated theatrical style.

Their performance is staged for the wedding celebrations of Theseus and Hippolyta. The nobles’ amused reactions, Bottom’s overconfidence, and the troupe’s literal approach to tragic drama create one of the play’s best comic episodes. The Mechanicals are therefore distinct from the Athenian lovers, the fairy court, and the rulers of Athens.