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 6
... thoughts , dreams and sighs . fancy : love . persuasion : advice . 157-8 dowager . . . revenue : a widow with a large income ( from her dead husband's estate ) . 159 160 remote : distant . league : a rough measurement of distance ...
... thoughts , dreams and sighs . fancy : love . persuasion : advice . 157-8 dowager . . . revenue : a widow with a large income ( from her dead husband's estate ) . 159 160 remote : distant . league : a rough measurement of distance ...
Page 8
... thought that dew fell from the moon . still : always . devis'd : planned . faint delicate . The primrose is a pale yellow , slightly scented flower of early spring . wont accustomed . bosoms hearts . counsel : secrets . stranger ...
... thought that dew fell from the moon . still : always . devis'd : planned . faint delicate . The primrose is a pale yellow , slightly scented flower of early spring . wont accustomed . bosoms hearts . counsel : secrets . stranger ...
Page 10
... thought fit , through all Athens , to play in our interlude before the duke and the duchess on his wedding - day at night . Bottom First , good Peter Quince , say what the play treats on ; then read the names of the actors , and so grow ...
... thought fit , through all Athens , to play in our interlude before the duke and the duchess on his wedding - day at night . Bottom First , good Peter Quince , say what the play treats on ; then read the names of the actors , and so grow ...
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