STARVELING [as Moonshine]: This lanthorn doth the hornèd moon present.
Myself the man i’ th’ moon do seem to be.
THESEUS: This is the greatest error of all the rest; the man should be put into the lanthorn. How is it else "the man i’ th’ moon"?

– William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1. The Mechanicals’ farcical version of the Pyramus and Thisbe classical myth continues, as Starveling pretends to be the man in the moon. Theseus points out the players’ biggest error here – Starveling should be put inside the lantern, which is representing the moon.