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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... Theseus and Hippolyta These two figures are from Greek mythology . Theseus was the son of a legendary king of Athens , closely related to Hercules , the Greek super - man . There are many narratives which tell how Theseus fought with ...
... Theseus and Hippolyta These two figures are from Greek mythology . Theseus was the son of a legendary king of Athens , closely related to Hercules , the Greek super - man . There are many narratives which tell how Theseus fought with ...
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... Theseus Enter Theseus , Hippolyta , Philostrate , and Attendants Theseus Now , fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour Draws on apace : four happy days bring in Another moon - but O methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! She lingers my ...
... Theseus Enter Theseus , Hippolyta , Philostrate , and Attendants Theseus Now , fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour Draws on apace : four happy days bring in Another moon - but O methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! She lingers my ...
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... Theseus Here , mighty Theseus . Say , what abridgement have you for this evening ? 40 What masque , what music ? How shall we beguile The lazy time if not with some delight ? Philostrate There is a brief how many sports are ripe ; Make ...
... Theseus Here , mighty Theseus . Say , what abridgement have you for this evening ? 40 What masque , what music ? How shall we beguile The lazy time if not with some delight ? Philostrate There is a brief how many sports are ripe ; Make ...
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