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 xii
... lovers . It is also a time for madness . The phrase ' midsummer madness ' is still used to describe a state of mind ... four lovers . When Oberon says ' To the best bride - bed will we ' ( 5,1,390 ) he is surely referring not to the ...
... lovers . It is also a time for madness . The phrase ' midsummer madness ' is still used to describe a state of mind ... four lovers . When Oberon says ' To the best bride - bed will we ' ( 5,1,390 ) he is surely referring not to the ...
Page 57
... four lovers have difficulty in remembering what has happened . When they have all left the wood to return to Athens , Bottom wakes up and tries to recall the dream he has enjoyed . amiable : loveable . coy : pet . Mounsieur : Bottom's ...
... four lovers have difficulty in remembering what has happened . When they have all left the wood to return to Athens , Bottom wakes up and tries to recall the dream he has enjoyed . amiable : loveable . coy : pet . Mounsieur : Bottom's ...
Page 66
... four lovers , watch the performance of ' Pyramus and Thisbe ' . They are all greatly amused . When the play is finished , and everyone has gone to bed , the fairies return to bless the married couples . antique : ancient . toys : tales ...
... four lovers , watch the performance of ' Pyramus and Thisbe ' . They are all greatly amused . When the play is finished , and everyone has gone to bed , the fairies return to bless the married couples . antique : ancient . toys : tales ...
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