...27—the tale that has been woven into so much English literature, not forgetting Bottom's version of "The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe." In Byron's "Childe Harold" they will read that Venice "Looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising...

...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...

...all. V, i, 116 AUDIENCE If I do let the audience look to their eyes. V, i, 145 COMEDY. Our play is the most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe. I, 11, 12 There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisby that will never please. IlI, 1,9 I...

...that sounded too much like the homely formula "grin and bear it," or perhaps like a prescription for The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe. But the theory also could be made to sound more like a phrase in Aristotle's Poetics— the four words...

...treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a 10 point. 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...

...play treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a point. QUlNCE. Marry, our play is The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe. BOTTOM. (3 A v^Y 9°°d Piece of work. ' assure you, and a merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call fortlj...

...gives a perfect definition of it when he tells the title of the play to his actors: "Marry, our play is 'The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe' "(1.2.11-12). Although merely an Athenian carpenter, as it turns out, Quince is quite well-read in...

...play 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: A very good piece of work, I assure you, and merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your...

...ratification is contingent on 'all their minds [being] transfigur'd so together' (vi24). The performance of The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby demonstrates the dynamics of a unified society in which 'sundry subjects ... communicate their...

...citizens overthrew the tyrant who was ruthlessly ruling their country. Tyrant means: 7. a. "Our play is The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe.'" b. To Helena, it is lamentable that Demetrius does not love her. c. A lamentable story may make the...