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We're a troupe of kids who come together every year to put on Shakespeare plays.

Monday, May 23, 2011

A Midsummer Night's Dream of 2007

"If thou lov'st me then, steal forth from
thy father's house to-morrow night."
Lysander and Hermia, Act I Scene I

"Marry, our play is, the most lamentable comedy, and
most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby"
The Mechanicals, Act I Scene II

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and
therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."
Helena, Act I Scene I

"Over hill, over dale, through brush through brier..."
Puck and the Six Fairies, Act II Scene I

"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania." "What!! Jealous Oberon."
Oberon and Titania with the Indian Prince, Act II Scene I

"I love thee not, therefore pursue me not!!"
Lysander and Helena, Act II Scene I
"I see their knavery: this is to make an ass
of me; to fright me, if they could!"
Bottom and Puck, Act III Scene I
"Here therefore for a while will remain..."
Demetrius Sleeping, Act III Scene II

"My mistress with a monster is in love!!"
Bottom with Titania, Act III Scene I

"How comes this gentle concord in the
world, that hatred is so far from jealousy, to
sleep by hate and fear no emnity?"
Sleepy Lovers, Act IV Scene I

"And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor
garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath."
Mechanicals with Onion, Act IV Scene II

"A tedious yet brief scene of young Pyramus
and his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth."
Act V, Scene I
"In this same interlude it doth befall that
I, one Snout by name, present a wall."
Snout as Wall, Act V Scene I
"Oh kiss me through the hole of this vile wall!!"
Pyramus and Thisbe, Act V Scene I

"Here come two noble beasts in, a man and a lion."
Moonshine and Lion, Act V Scene I

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3 comments:

  1. Hurray for past Shakespeare plays!! At the risk of sounding old, it's amazing how much people have grown up, especially all those mechanicals! (Sorry, there's nothing helpful about this, I just had to exclaim!)

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  2. Wow, it looks like it was a lot of fun! I can't wait for this one to come around!

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