The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the Latest Edition of William Aldis Wright; with Introductions, Notes and Glossaries to Each Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a Bibliography by W. J. Rolfe; a History of the Drama, and General Criticism by Henry N. Hudson and Others, and a Complete Character Index, Volume 3Colonial Press, 1900 |
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... fairy mythology.2 Oberon , the fairy king , found a place in English dra- matic literature before Shakespeare re - created him ; he may be traced back to the Charlemagne romance of Huon of Bordeaux , translated from the French by Lord 3 ...
... fairy mythology.2 Oberon , the fairy king , found a place in English dra- matic literature before Shakespeare re - created him ; he may be traced back to the Charlemagne romance of Huon of Bordeaux , translated from the French by Lord 3 ...
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... Fairy - King and Fairy- Queen are styled “ Pluto ” and “ Proserpina ; " possibly Shakespeare was indebted to Chaucer's Tale for the quarrel between Oberon and Titania , and for the Fairy King's interest in a pair of mortals : — " Pluto ...
... Fairy - King and Fairy- Queen are styled “ Pluto ” and “ Proserpina ; " possibly Shakespeare was indebted to Chaucer's Tale for the quarrel between Oberon and Titania , and for the Fairy King's interest in a pair of mortals : — " Pluto ...
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... Fairy - lore , see Halliwell's Illustrations of the Fairy Mythology of Midsummer - Night's Dream , Shakespeare Society Publication , 1845 , where , among other illustrative texts , " The Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow ...
... Fairy - lore , see Halliwell's Illustrations of the Fairy Mythology of Midsummer - Night's Dream , Shakespeare Society Publication , 1845 , where , among other illustrative texts , " The Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow ...
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... fairy supersti- tions and fantastic riotings , and the title suggests little more than " a very Midsummer madness . " It is not abso- lutely necessary , as some scholars maintain , to regard the play as actually written for performance ...
... fairy supersti- tions and fantastic riotings , and the title suggests little more than " a very Midsummer madness . " It is not abso- lutely necessary , as some scholars maintain , to regard the play as actually written for performance ...
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... fairies . TITANIA , queen of the fairies . PUCK , or Robin Goodfellow . PEASEBLOSSOM , COBWEB , fairies . Мотн , MUSTARDSEED , Other fairies attending their King and Queen . Attend- ants on Theseus and Hippolyta . SCENE - Athens , and a ...
... fairies . TITANIA , queen of the fairies . PUCK , or Robin Goodfellow . PEASEBLOSSOM , COBWEB , fairies . Мотн , MUSTARDSEED , Other fairies attending their King and Queen . Attend- ants on Theseus and Hippolyta . SCENE - Athens , and a ...
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Adam Adam Spencer Aliena Athens Audrey Beau brother Celia Collier's conjecture Corrector daughter Demetrius doth Dream Duke F Dyce read Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairy father favour fear folio reading fool forest Forest of Arden fortune Ganimede gentle Gerismond give grace Grant White Hanmer hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hero and Leander Hippolyta honour Jaques ladies Lettsom lion live look lord lovers Lysander marry master means merry mistress Monsieur Montanus moon never night Oberon old editions old reading Orlando passion Phebe Philostrate Phoebe play pray prithee Puck Pyramus Pyramus and Thisbe Quartos Quin quoth Rosader Rosalind Saladyne SCENE second folio Shakespeare shalt shepherd sleep song speak sweet tell thee Theobald Theseus thing Thisbe thou art Tita Titania Touch unto woman words youth