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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... duke . We become still more sympathetic to her when we learn that Demetrius , the man her father prefers , has been courting another sweetheart . As soon as we understand the situation perfectly , all the characters follow the duke from ...
... duke . We become still more sympathetic to her when we learn that Demetrius , the man her father prefers , has been courting another sweetheart . As soon as we understand the situation perfectly , all the characters follow the duke from ...
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... duke ! Theseus Thanks , good Egeus . What's the news with thee ? Egeus Full of vexation come I , with complaint Against my child , my daughter Hermia . Stand forth , Demetrius . My noble lord , 25 This man hath my consent to marry her ...
... duke ! Theseus Thanks , good Egeus . What's the news with thee ? Egeus Full of vexation come I , with complaint Against my child , my daughter Hermia . Stand forth , Demetrius . My noble lord , 25 This man hath my consent to marry her ...
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... duke is coming from the temple , and there is two or three lords and ladies more married : if our sport had gone forward , we had all been made men . Flute O sweet bully Bottom ! Thus hath he lost sixpence a 20 day during his life ; he ...
... duke is coming from the temple , and there is two or three lords and ladies more married : if our sport had gone forward , we had all been made men . Flute O sweet bully Bottom ! Thus hath he lost sixpence a 20 day during his life ; he ...
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