 Quince, say what the play treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a point. Quin. Marry, our play is 'The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe'.  Memoranda - Pagina 24di James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1879Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 208 pagine
...days. " The preparation and rehearsal of the interlude present similar inconsistencies. In i. 2. 9-55, Quince is the only one who has any knowledge of the...lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby,' and he selects actors for Thisby's mother, Pyramus's father, and Thisby's father, none of... | |
 | George Putnam Upton - 1888 - 344 pagine
...description.1 No. 10 is a melodrama, Allegro commodo, accompanying the performance in the fifth act of " The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe ; " and Mendelssohn has not forgotten to write a short funeral march when the trusty sword sends Pyramus's... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1891 - 568 pagine
...comedians Extctnporally will stage us, and present our Alexandrian revels. Ant. &* Cleo. v. 2. Comedy. 3> Mid. N. Dr. i. 2. 1 do not doubt but to hear them say, it is a sweet comedy. Ibid, iv. 2. Pat he j... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 224 pagine
...treats on ; then read the names of the actors ; and so grow on to a point. 10 QUINCE. Marry, our play is The most lamentable Comedy and most cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe. BOTTOM. A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1896 - 218 pagine
...days. "The preparation and rehearsal of the interlude present similar inconsistencies. In i. 2. 9-55, Quince is the only one who has any knowledge of the ' most Tamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby,' and he selects actors for Thisby's... | |
 | John Milton, Hiram Corson - 1899 - 354 pagine
...as a regular drama for the public stage, but as a masque, on the occasion of some noble marriage. ' The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe ' presented by the ' rude mechanicals,' ' hard-handed men,' in the fifth act, is the antimasque. It... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 346 pagine
...written as a regular drama for the public stage, but as a masque, on the occasion of some noble marriage. 'The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe' presented by the ' rude mechanicals,' ' hard-handed men, ' in the fifth act, is the antimasque. It... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1902 - 422 pagine
...play treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a point. Quin.—Marry, our play is, The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe. Bot.—A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your... | |
 | Albert Stratford George Canning - 1903 - 514 pagine
...treats on ; then read the names of the actors, and so grow to a point." Quince : " Marry, our play is, ' The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe.' " Bottom condescendingly patronises and criticises alternately : " A very good piece of work, I assure... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 330 pagine
...treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a point. Quin. — Marry, our play is, The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe. Bot. — A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your... | |
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