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 13
... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . All That would hang us , every mother's son . Bottom I grant you , friends , if you should fright the 75 ladies out of their wits , they would have no more ...
... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . All That would hang us , every mother's son . Bottom I grant you , friends , if you should fright the 75 ladies out of their wits , they would have no more ...
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... Lady . Scene I The wood ; Titania lies asleep Enter Quince , Snug , Bottom , Flute , Snout , and Starveling . Bottom Are ... ladies cannot abide . How answer you that ? Snout By'r lakin , a parlous fear ! parlous terrible . 15 Not a whit ...
... Lady . Scene I The wood ; Titania lies asleep Enter Quince , Snug , Bottom , Flute , Snout , and Starveling . Bottom Are ... ladies cannot abide . How answer you that ? Snout By'r lakin , a parlous fear ! parlous terrible . 15 Not a whit ...
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... Ladies ' , or , ' Fair ladies - I would wish you ' , or , ' I would request you ' , or , ' I would 40 entreat you - not to fear , not to tremble . My life for yours : if you think I come hither as a lion , it were pity of my life . No ...
... Ladies ' , or , ' Fair ladies - I would wish you ' , or , ' I would request you ' , or , ' I would 40 entreat you - not to fear , not to tremble . My life for yours : if you think I come hither as a lion , it were pity of my life . No ...
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