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 vii
... marry her and who has now fallen in love with Hermia . Demetrius is only distinguished from his rival Lysander by being much more competitive . He wants to win Hermia's hand in marriage ( although she says she does not love him ) , and ...
... marry her and who has now fallen in love with Hermia . Demetrius is only distinguished from his rival Lysander by being much more competitive . He wants to win Hermia's hand in marriage ( although she says she does not love him ) , and ...
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... marry her . Stand forth , Lysander : and , my gracious duke , This hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child : Thou , thou , Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes , And interchang'd love - tokens with my child ; 30 Thou hast by moonlight at ...
... marry her . Stand forth , Lysander : and , my gracious duke , This hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child : Thou , thou , Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes , And interchang'd love - tokens with my child ; 30 Thou hast by moonlight at ...
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... Marry by the Virgin Mary ( a 15 22 23 mild oath ) . by the scroll : according to the list . spread yourselves : sit down . let ... eyes : the audience must be careful not to weep too much . condole : lament . in some measure : to a ...
... Marry by the Virgin Mary ( a 15 22 23 mild oath ) . by the scroll : according to the list . spread yourselves : sit down . let ... eyes : the audience must be careful not to weep too much . condole : lament . in some measure : to a ...
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