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Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT 1 SCENE 2 <\/b> Setting: Athens. QUINCE'S house.<\/p>\n

Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nIs all our company here?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nYou were best to call them generally, man by man,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\naccording to the scrip.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nHere is the scroll of every man's name, which is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthought fit, through all Athens, to play in our<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ninterlude before the duke and the duchess, on his<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwedding–day at night.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nFirst, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\non, then read the names of the actors, and so grow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto a point.<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nMarry, our play is, The most lamentable comedy, and<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmost cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nA very good piece of work, I assure you, and a<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmerry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nactors by the scroll. Masters, spread yourselves.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nAnswer as I call you. Nick Bottom, the weaver.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nReady. Name what part I am for, and proceed.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nYou, Nick Bottom, are set down for Pyramus.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nWhat is Pyramus? a lover, or a tyrant?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nA lover, that kills himself most gallant for love.<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nThat will ask some tears in the true performing of<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nit: if I do it, let the audience look to their<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\neyes; I will move storms, I will condole in some<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmeasure. To the rest: yet my chief humour is for a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntyrant: I could play Ercles rarely, or a part to<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntear a cat in, to make all split.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nThe raging rocks<\/i><\/td>\n <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nAnd shivering shocks<\/i><\/td>\n <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nShall break the locks<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nOf prison gates;<\/i><\/td>\n <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nAnd Phibbus' car<\/i><\/td>\n 30<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nShall shine from far<\/i><\/td>\n <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nAnd make and mar<\/i><\/td>\n <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nThe foolish Fates.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis was lofty! Now name the rest of the players.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis is Ercles' vein, a tyrant's vein; a lover is<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmore condoling.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nFrancis Flute, the bellows–mender.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FLUTE <\/td>\nHere, Peter Quince.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nFlute, you must take Thisby on you.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FLUTE <\/td>\nWhat is Thisby? a wandering knight?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nIt is the lady that Pyramus must love.<\/td>\n 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FLUTE <\/td>\nNay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nThat's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou may speak as small as you will.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nAn I may hide my face, let me play Thisby too, I'll<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nspeak in a monstrous little voice. 'Thisne,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThisne;' 'Ah, Pyramus, lover dear! thy Thisby dear,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand lady dear!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nNo, no; you must play Pyramus: and, Flute, you Thisby.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nWell, proceed.<\/td>\n 50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nRobin Starveling, the tailor.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STARVELING <\/td>\nHere, Peter Quince.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nRobin Starveling, you must play Thisby's mother.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTom Snout, the tinker.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SNOUT <\/td>\nHere, Peter Quince.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nYou, Pyramus' father: myself, Thisby's father:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSnug, the joiner; you, the lion's part: and, I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhope, here is a play fitted.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SNUG <\/td>\nHave you the lion's part written? pray you, if it<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbe, give it me, for I am slow of study.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nYou may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring.<\/td>\n 59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nLet me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndo any man's heart good to hear me; I will roar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlet him roar again.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nAn you should do it too terribly, you would fright<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe duchess and the ladies, that they would shriek;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand that were enough to hang us all.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALL <\/td>\nThat would hang us, every mother's son.<\/td>\n 69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nI grant you, friends, if that you should fright the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nladies out of their wits, they would have no more<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndiscretion but to hang us: but I will aggravate my<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nvoice so that I will roar you as gently as any<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsucking dove; I will roar you an 'twere any<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnightingale.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nYou can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsweet–faced man; a proper man, as one shall see in a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsummer's day; a most lovely gentleman–like man:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntherefore you must needs play Pyramus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nWell, I will undertake it. What beard were I best<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto play it in?<\/td>\n 80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nWhy, what you will.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nI will discharge it in either your straw–colour<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbeard, your orange–tawny beard, your purple–in–grain<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbeard, or your French–crown–colour beard, your<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nperfect yellow.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nSome of your French crowns have no hair at all, and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthen you will play bare–faced. But, masters, here<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nare your parts: and I am to entreat you, request<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou and desire you, to con them by to–morrow night;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntown, by moonlight; there will we rehearse, for if<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwe meet in the city, we shall be dogged with<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncompany, and our devices known. In the meantime I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwill draw a bill of properties, such as our play<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwants. I pray you, fail me not.<\/td>\n 93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nWe will meet; and there we may rehearse most<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nobscenely and courageously. Take pains; be perfect: adieu.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUINCE <\/td>\nAt the duke's oak we meet.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM <\/td>\nEnough; hold or cut bow–strings.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i><\/td>\nExeunt<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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