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 57
... gentle joy . Bottom 5 Where's Peaseblossom ? Peaseblossom Ready . Bottom Scratch my head , Peaseblossom . Where's Moun- sieur Cobweb ? Cobweb Ready . Bottom IO Mounsieur Cobweb , good Mounsieur , get you your weapons in your hand , and ...
... gentle joy . Bottom 5 Where's Peaseblossom ? Peaseblossom Ready . Bottom Scratch my head , Peaseblossom . Where's Moun- sieur Cobweb ? Cobweb Ready . Bottom IO Mounsieur Cobweb , good Mounsieur , get you your weapons in your hand , and ...
Page 59
... gentle language . ask of her ask her to give me . straight : immediately . repair : return . other others . accidents : happenings . fierce extravagant . wont : accustomed . Dian's bud : in Act 2 , scene I Oberon explains that he can ...
... gentle language . ask of her ask her to give me . straight : immediately . repair : return . other others . accidents : happenings . fierce extravagant . wont : accustomed . Dian's bud : in Act 2 , scene I Oberon explains that he can ...
Page 74
... gentle : polite . Flute I kiss the wall's hole , not your lips at all . Bottom Wilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightway ? Flute ' Tide life , ' tide death , I come without delay . [ Exeunt Bottom and Flute Snout Thus have I , Wall ...
... gentle : polite . Flute I kiss the wall's hole , not your lips at all . Bottom Wilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightway ? Flute ' Tide life , ' tide death , I come without delay . [ Exeunt Bottom and Flute Snout Thus have I , Wall ...
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