Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine. Relating to, produced by, or dominated by physical forces. Interpreting and explaining the phenomena of the universe by referring to causally determined material forces A Mechanical is any one of six characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream who perform the play within the play, Pyramus and Thisbe. Essentially, they are a group of amateur (mostly incompetant) actors from around Athens, looking to make names for themselves by being chosen out of several other plays to entertain the royal wedding party of Theseus and Hippolyta