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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... light comes from the stars . Although the night is dark , it is very short - the shortest night of the year : the play's title tells us this . In England , and in most European countries , the night before midsummer day has always been ...
... light comes from the stars . Although the night is dark , it is very short - the shortest night of the year : the play's title tells us this . In England , and in most European countries , the night before midsummer day has always been ...
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... light , which shines like an eye , is actually in the glow - worm's tail . 166 169 To have to attend . do him courtesies : pay him homage . Titania Be kind and courteous to this gentleman : 160 Hop in his walks , and gambol in his eyes ...
... light , which shines like an eye , is actually in the glow - worm's tail . 166 169 To have to attend . do him courtesies : pay him homage . Titania Be kind and courteous to this gentleman : 160 Hop in his walks , and gambol in his eyes ...
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... light ' ) , they are now condemned to keep company ( ' consort ' ) only with the night . morning : Aurora . Neptune : god of the ocean . effect : complete . They wilfully themselves exil'd from light , And must for aye consort with ...
... light ' ) , they are now condemned to keep company ( ' consort ' ) only with the night . morning : Aurora . Neptune : god of the ocean . effect : complete . They wilfully themselves exil'd from light , And must for aye consort with ...
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