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 xi
... forest that surrounds Athens . The forest belongs to the fairies : Athenian law does not operate here . Oberon tries to impose some kind of rule , but he is not a god and he makes mistakes . The first scene in the forest shows us the ...
... forest that surrounds Athens . The forest belongs to the fairies : Athenian law does not operate here . Oberon tries to impose some kind of rule , but he is not a god and he makes mistakes . The first scene in the forest shows us the ...
Page xxiv
... Forest Oberon and Titania are quarrelling . Oberon sends Puck to find the love - juice . Demetrius has come into the forest in pursuit of Hermia , and Helena has followed him . She pleads for his love . Oberon takes pity on her , and ...
... Forest Oberon and Titania are quarrelling . Oberon sends Puck to find the love - juice . Demetrius has come into the forest in pursuit of Hermia , and Helena has followed him . She pleads for his love . Oberon takes pity on her , and ...
Page xxv
... Forest Act 4 Scene I Titania plays with Bottom and her fairies until she falls asleep . Oberon watches her for a time ; then he feels sorry for Titania and takes the charm off her eyes . She wakes up , and looks on Bottom with horror ...
... Forest Act 4 Scene I Titania plays with Bottom and her fairies until she falls asleep . Oberon watches her for a time ; then he feels sorry for Titania and takes the charm off her eyes . She wakes up , and looks on Bottom with horror ...
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