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Page ix
... possibly for private performance at some great house , possibly even at Court , but most certainly for a wedding some- where . If only we could fasten on the date of some noble marriage in or before 1598 and link up A Midsummer- 1 ...
... possibly for private performance at some great house , possibly even at Court , but most certainly for a wedding some- where . If only we could fasten on the date of some noble marriage in or before 1598 and link up A Midsummer- 1 ...
Page 117
... possibly an indication that the text has been disturbed . 246. S.D. Q. ' Enter Pucke . ' Cf. 2. 2. head - note and p . 91 . 249. I know a bank etc. The prosodists cavil at this line , which is awkward to scan and has only nine syllables ...
... possibly an indication that the text has been disturbed . 246. S.D. Q. ' Enter Pucke . ' Cf. 2. 2. head - note and p . 91 . 249. I know a bank etc. The prosodists cavil at this line , which is awkward to scan and has only nine syllables ...
Page 131
... possibly connected with the ' flower . ' Cf. pp . 96-7 . S.D. Q. ' Enter Queene of Faieries , and Clowne , and Faieries : and the king behinde them . ' All Bottom's speeches are prefixed Clown in this scene . For the triple ' and ' cf ...
... possibly connected with the ' flower . ' Cf. pp . 96-7 . S.D. Q. ' Enter Queene of Faieries , and Clowne , and Faieries : and the king behinde them . ' All Bottom's speeches are prefixed Clown in this scene . For the triple ' and ' cf ...
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THE COPY FOR THE TEXT OF 1600 | 77 |
NOTES ΙΟΙ | 154 |
THE STAGEHISTORY | 160 |
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