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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... death . Not even the duke can alter the law - although he is able to offer another alternative : she can become a nun . Theseus speaks in praise of those who ' master so their blood ' and ' undergo such maiden pilgrimage ' - those who ...
... death . Not even the duke can alter the law - although he is able to offer another alternative : she can become a nun . Theseus speaks in praise of those who ' master so their blood ' and ' undergo such maiden pilgrimage ' - those who ...
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... death : be legally put to death . abjure renounce . question your desires : ask yourself what you really want . Know ... youth : remember that you are young . blood : temperament . Whe'r : whether . aye : ever mew'd : shut up . sister ...
... death : be legally put to death . abjure renounce . question your desires : ask yourself what you really want . Know ... youth : remember that you are young . blood : temperament . Whe'r : whether . aye : ever mew'd : shut up . sister ...
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... death - counterfeiting sleep : sleep that looks like death . 365 batty : bat - like . 367 368 369 virtuous property : powerful quality . his might its strength . wonted : accustomed . 370 derision : delusion . fruitless meaningless ...
... death - counterfeiting sleep : sleep that looks like death . 365 batty : bat - like . 367 368 369 virtuous property : powerful quality . his might its strength . wonted : accustomed . 370 derision : delusion . fruitless meaningless ...
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