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       William Shakespeare

      A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

       Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

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       [email protected] 2017 OK Publishing ISBN 978-80-272-3323-6

       A Midsummer Night’s Dream

       Persons Represented

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

       ACT IV

       ACT V

       The Life of William Shakespeare

       PREFACE

       I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH

       II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE

       III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD

       IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE

       V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS

       VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC

       VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY

       VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS

       IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON

       X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS

       XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER

       XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE

       XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

       XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY

       XV—THE LATEST PLAYS

       XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE

       XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

       XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS

       XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY

       XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION

       XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE

       APPENDIX

      A Midsummer Night’s Dream

      Persons Represented

       Table of Contents

       THESEUS, Duke of Athens

       EGEUS, Father to Hermia

       LYSANDER, in love with Hermia

       EMETRIUS, in love with Hermia

       PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus

       QUINCE, the Carpenter

       SNUG, the Joiner

       BOTTOM, the Weaver

       FLUTE, the Bellows-mender

       SNOUT, the Tinker

       STARVELING, the Tailor

       HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, bethrothed to Theseus

       HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander

       HELENA, in love with Demetrius

       OBERON, King of the Fairies

       TITANIA, Queen of the Fairies

       PUCK, or ROBIN GOODFELLOW, a Fairy

       PEASBLOSSOM, Fairy

       COBWEB, Fairy

       MOTH, Fairy

       MUSTARDSEED, Fairy

       PYRAMUS, THISBE, WALL, MOONSHINE, LION; Characters in the Interlude performed by the Clowns

       Other Fairies attending their King and Queen

       Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta

       SCENE: Athens, and a wood not far from it

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      SCENE I. Athens. A room in the Palace of THESEUS

      [Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants.]

       THESEUS

       Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

       Draws on apace; four happy days bring in

       Another moon; but, oh, methinks, how slow

       This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,

       Like to a stepdame or a dowager,

       Long withering out a young man’s revenue.

      

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