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 xxvi
imagination. all. compact'. The magic certainly ends when Oberon and Titania
leave the stage. Puck, with his broom and epilogue, introduces a down-to- earth
note. He speaks directly to the audience, suggesting that they too, like the lovers
...
imagination. all. compact'. The magic certainly ends when Oberon and Titania
leave the stage. Puck, with his broom and epilogue, introduces a down-to- earth
note. He speaks directly to the audience, suggesting that they too, like the lovers
...
Page xxvii
'of imagination all compact' XXvii Bottom A calendar, a calendar! Look in the
almanac; find out moonshine, find out moonshine. Theseus says that imagination
will improve — 'amend' — the mechanicals' performance, and Hippolita points
out ...
'of imagination all compact' XXvii Bottom A calendar, a calendar! Look in the
almanac; find out moonshine, find out moonshine. Theseus says that imagination
will improve — 'amend' — the mechanicals' performance, and Hippolita points
out ...
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When the play is finished, and everyone has gone to bed, the fairies return to
bless the married couples. antique : ancient. toys : tales. seething : boiling, over-
active. shaping fantasies : inventive imaginations. apprehend : conceive.
When the play is finished, and everyone has gone to bed, the fairies return to
bless the married couples. antique : ancient. toys : tales. seething : boiling, over-
active. shaping fantasies : inventive imaginations. apprehend : conceive.
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