A Midsummer Night's DreamAn exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. |
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... Snout explains far too much : perhaps he could have been accepted as ' Wall ' when he first entered , but by the time he has finished speaking he is unmistakably Snout the tinker . The same is true of Snug and Starveling — and indeed ...
... Snout explains far too much : perhaps he could have been accepted as ' Wall ' when he first entered , but by the time he has finished speaking he is unmistakably Snout the tinker . The same is true of Snug and Starveling — and indeed ...
Page 33
... Snout , and Starveling . Bottom Are we all met ? Quince Pat , pat ; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal . This green plot shall be our stage , this hawthorn - brake our tiring - house ; and we will 5 do it in ...
... Snout , and Starveling . Bottom Are we all met ? Quince Pat , pat ; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal . This green plot shall be our stage , this hawthorn - brake our tiring - house ; and we will 5 do it in ...
Page 34
... Snout Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion ? Starveling I fear it , I promise you . Bottom Masters , you ought to consider with yourselves . To bring in - God shield us ! -a lion among ladies , is a 30 most dreadful thing ; for ...
... Snout Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion ? Starveling I fear it , I promise you . Bottom Masters , you ought to consider with yourselves . To bring in - God shield us ! -a lion among ladies , is a 30 most dreadful thing ; for ...
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