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 34
... tell them that I , Pyramus , am not 20 Pyramus , but Bottom the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quince Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six . Bottom No , make it two more : let it be ...
... tell them that I , Pyramus , am not 20 Pyramus , but Bottom the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quince Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six . Bottom No , make it two more : let it be ...
Page 64
... telling of strange events were sung to popular tunes . 215 216 217 no bottom : no foundation in reality . peradventure ... tell what . Methought I was - and methought I had - but man is but a 210 patched fool if he will offer to say what ...
... telling of strange events were sung to popular tunes . 215 216 217 no bottom : no foundation in reality . peradventure ... tell what . Methought I was - and methought I had - but man is but a 210 patched fool if he will offer to say what ...
Page 65
... tell you , I am not true Athenian . I 30 will tell you everything , right as it fell out . Quince Let us hear , sweet Bottom . Bottom Not a word of me . All that I will tell you is , that the duke hath dined . Get your apparel together ...
... tell you , I am not true Athenian . I 30 will tell you everything , right as it fell out . Quince Let us hear , sweet Bottom . Bottom Not a word of me . All that I will tell you is , that the duke hath dined . Get your apparel together ...
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