Shakspere's A midsummer night's dream Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I DRAMATIS PERSON.1 Theseus, Duke of Athena. Egeus, father to Hermia. Lysander, inlo Dbmetkius, ) Philostrate, master of the revels to Theseus.... more » Quince, a carpenter. Snug, a joiner. Bottom, a weaver. Flute, a bellows-mender. Snout, a tinker. Starveling, a tailor. Hippolyta, queen of Ihe Amazons, betrothed to Theseus. Hermia, daughter to £Igeus, in love with Lysander. Helena, in love with Demetrius. Oberon, king of the fairies. Titania, queen of the fairies. Puck, or Robin Goodfettow. Peaseblossom, Cobweb, f , . . ,r fames. Moth, ( Mustardseed, 1 Other fairies attending their King and Queen. Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta. Scene : Athens, and a wood near it. 1 This list is an addition of editors. The quartos and folios did not have it. ACT FIKST.1 Sceke I.—Athens. The palace o/THESEUS.2 Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, Philosteate, and Attendants. The. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace ;3 four happy days bring in4 Another moon : but, 0, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes ! she lingers my desires,5 Like to a step-dame, or a dowager,6 Long withering out a young man's revenue. Hip. Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; Four nights will quickly dream away the time ; And then the moon, like to a silver bow New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night 10 Of our solemnities.7 1 The play is divided into acts in the folios only. The division of the play into scenes and the placing of the scenes, " The Palace of Theseus," etc., are the work of editors. This edition follows in the divisions the Globe edition, which Dr. Furness recommends as the standard of net and scene for students. 'Throughout the play this word is a trisyllable, with the accent on the first syllable. 3 ...« less