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Page viii
... Pyramus and Thisbe , published by Dunstan Gale , which in his opinion was prior to Shakespeare's work . But as no one has seen this edition of Gale's poem , and as the story of Pyramus and Thisbe was accessible to Shakespeare from other ...
... Pyramus and Thisbe , published by Dunstan Gale , which in his opinion was prior to Shakespeare's work . But as no one has seen this edition of Gale's poem , and as the story of Pyramus and Thisbe was accessible to Shakespeare from other ...
Page xx
... Pyramus ' Approach , ye furies fell , ' & c . , and in those of Thisbe's speech , ' O sisters three , Come , come to me , With hands as pale as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by Richard ...
... Pyramus ' Approach , ye furies fell , ' & c . , and in those of Thisbe's speech , ' O sisters three , Come , come to me , With hands as pale as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by Richard ...
Page 9
... Pyramus . Bot . What is Pyramus ? a lover , or a tyrant ? Quin . A lover , that kills himself most gallant for love . 20 Bot . That will ask some tears in the true performing of it if I do it , let the audience look to their eyes ; I ...
... Pyramus . Bot . What is Pyramus ? a lover , or a tyrant ? Quin . A lover , that kills himself most gallant for love . 20 Bot . That will ask some tears in the true performing of it if I do it , let the audience look to their eyes ; I ...
Page 10
... Pyramus , my lover dear ! thy Thisby dear , and lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you must play Pyramus : and , Flute , you Thisby . Bot . Well , proceed . Quin . Robin Starveling , the tailor . Star . Here , Peter Quince . 50 Quin . Robin ...
... Pyramus , my lover dear ! thy Thisby dear , and lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you must play Pyramus : and , Flute , you Thisby . Bot . Well , proceed . Quin . Robin Starveling , the tailor . Star . Here , Peter Quince . 50 Quin . Robin ...
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... Pyramus . 80 Bot . Well , I will undertake it . What beard were I best to play it in ? Quin . Why , what you will . Bot . I will discharge it in either your straw - colour beard , your orange - tawny beard , your purple - in - grain ...
... Pyramus . 80 Bot . Well , I will undertake it . What beard were I best to play it in ? Quin . Why , what you will . Bot . I will discharge it in either your straw - colour beard , your orange - tawny beard , your purple - in - grain ...
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