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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... rest : now go on with the business . 24 my chief ... tyrant . This has the double meaning of ' I would most of all like to play the part of a tyrant ' and ' I am best suited to the part of a tyrant ' . Ercles : Hercules , the superman ...
... rest : now go on with the business . 24 my chief ... tyrant . This has the double meaning of ' I would most of all like to play the part of a tyrant ' and ' I am best suited to the part of a tyrant ' . Ercles : Hercules , the superman ...
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... rest ; The fairy land buys not the child of me . 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 original origin . Do you you can . amend : improve . it lies in you : it is in your power . cross : disobey . but only . henchman : page . Set ... rest ...
... rest ; The fairy land buys not the child of me . 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 original origin . Do you you can . amend : improve . it lies in you : it is in your power . cross : disobey . but only . henchman : page . Set ... rest ...
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... rest us , Hermia , if you think it good , And tarry for the comfort of the day . Hermia 45 Be it so , Lysander : find you out a bed , For I upon this bank will rest my head . 48 troth : faith . 50 51 further off yet 28 Act 2 Scene 2.
... rest us , Hermia , if you think it good , And tarry for the comfort of the day . Hermia 45 Be it so , Lysander : find you out a bed , For I upon this bank will rest my head . 48 troth : faith . 50 51 further off yet 28 Act 2 Scene 2.
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