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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... moon . Sometimes he is said to be the man who broke the Jewish sabbath laws by gathering sticks and was punished by being stoned to death ( Book of Numbers 15 : 32-6 ) . The ' bush of thorns ' represents the forbidden sticks , but the ...
... moon . Sometimes he is said to be the man who broke the Jewish sabbath laws by gathering sticks and was punished by being stoned to death ( Book of Numbers 15 : 32-6 ) . The ' bush of thorns ' represents the forbidden sticks , but the ...
Page 75
... moon : crescent moon . He ... head : men with unfaithful wives were said to have horns on their heads . 234-5 When the moon is full we do not see the ' horns ' because they have grown into the full circle 237 242 ( ' circumference ...
... moon : crescent moon . He ... head : men with unfaithful wives were said to have horns on their heads . 234-5 When the moon is full we do not see the ' horns ' because they have grown into the full circle 237 242 ( ' circumference ...
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... Moon . Starveling All that I have to say is to tell you that the lantern is the moon ; I , the man in the moon ; this thorn - bush , 250 my thorn - bush ; and this dog , my dog . Demetrius Why , all these should be in the lantern ; for ...
... Moon . Starveling All that I have to say is to tell you that the lantern is the moon ; I , the man in the moon ; this thorn - bush , 250 my thorn - bush ; and this dog , my dog . Demetrius Why , all these should be in the lantern ; for ...
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