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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Page xxiv
... falls in love with Bottom . Scene 2 Puck reports his trick to Oberon , but they both learn how he has mistaken the lovers when Demetrius comes with Hermia , still pleading for his love . She leaves him , and he falls asleep . Oberon ...
... falls in love with Bottom . Scene 2 Puck reports his trick to Oberon , but they both learn how he has mistaken the lovers when Demetrius comes with Hermia , still pleading for his love . She leaves him , and he falls asleep . Oberon ...
Page 18
... falls into a cough : starts coughing . quire : company . waxen increase . neeze : sneeze . wasted : spent . room : make room . Would : I wish . Ill met : an unlucky meeting . jealous envious . forsworn : refused . Tarry : Wait ! rash ...
... falls into a cough : starts coughing . quire : company . waxen increase . neeze : sneeze . wasted : spent . room : make room . Would : I wish . Ill met : an unlucky meeting . jealous envious . forsworn : refused . Tarry : Wait ! rash ...
Page 42
... falls ; He ' Murder ! ' cries , and help from Athens calls . Their sense thus weak , lost with their fears thus strong , Made senseless things begin to do them wrong ; For briers and thorns at their apparel snatch ; 30 Some sleeves ...
... falls ; He ' Murder ! ' cries , and help from Athens calls . Their sense thus weak , lost with their fears thus strong , Made senseless things begin to do them wrong ; For briers and thorns at their apparel snatch ; 30 Some sleeves ...
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