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 ix
... kind of spell , making the place safe and even holy . Oberon explains carefully that he and the fairies of his court are not evil spirits , like the ghosts of damned souls who can only appear during the hours of darkness ( 3,2,388ff ) ...
... kind of spell , making the place safe and even holy . Oberon explains carefully that he and the fairies of his court are not evil spirits , like the ghosts of damned souls who can only appear during the hours of darkness ( 3,2,388ff ) ...
Page 61
... kind : breed . 120 flew'd : with deep , hanging lips and cheeks . sanded : with sand - coloured markings . 122 dew - lapp'd : with folds of skin . ( dew - laps ) under their chins . 124 125 Thessalian : from Thessaly , a northern part ...
... kind : breed . 120 flew'd : with deep , hanging lips and cheeks . sanded : with sand - coloured markings . 122 dew - lapp'd : with folds of skin . ( dew - laps ) under their chins . 124 125 Thessalian : from Thessaly , a northern part ...
Page 74
... kind : the best actors . but only . amend them : make up for their deficiencies . pass for : be counted as . 213 214 in on to the stage . 220 fell : savage . dam : mother . 222 ' twere ... life : I would have to ask you to have pity on ...
... kind : the best actors . but only . amend them : make up for their deficiencies . pass for : be counted as . 213 214 in on to the stage . 220 fell : savage . dam : mother . 222 ' twere ... life : I would have to ask you to have pity on ...
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