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
... wood used in building . Snug the joiner , who must make the pieces of wood fit snugly together . Snout the tinker , whose regular job it was to repair the snouts - spouts- of kettles . Bottom the weaver , so called because in weaving ...
... wood used in building . Snug the joiner , who must make the pieces of wood fit snugly together . Snout the tinker , whose regular job it was to repair the snouts - spouts- of kettles . Bottom the weaver , so called because in weaving ...
Page 24
... wood : and mad . adamant : Helena intends both meanings of this word : ' magnet ' and ' very hard stone ' . 196-7 ... wood ; And here am I , and wood within this wood , Because I cannot meet my Hermia . Hence , get thee gone , and follow ...
... wood : and mad . adamant : Helena intends both meanings of this word : ' magnet ' and ' very hard stone ' . 196-7 ... wood ; And here am I , and wood within this wood , Because I cannot meet my Hermia . Hence , get thee gone , and follow ...
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... wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta . Never did I hear 115 Such gallant chiding ; for besides the groves , The skies , the fountains , every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry . I never heard So musical a discord ...
... wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta . Never did I hear 115 Such gallant chiding ; for besides the groves , The skies , the fountains , every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry . I never heard So musical a discord ...
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