<P> Francis Flute is a character in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream . His occupation is a bellows - mender . He is forced to play the female role of Thisbe in "Pyramus and Thisbe", a play - within - the - play which is performed for Theseus' marriage celebration . </P> <P> In the play Flute (Thisbe) speaks through the wall (played by Tom Snout) to Pyramus (Nick Bottom). </P>

Who is flute in a midsummer night's dream