Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . ROOM IN THE COTTAGE OF QUINCE THE CARPENTER. II. Act I. Scene THENS was now full of rejoicing over the approaching mar-riage of Theseus and Queen Hippolyta. All the peoplewanted to do something in honor of the great occasion andto show their love. Among the rest, a number of roughworkingmen — rude mechanicals, hard-handed men, thatworked for bread upon Athenian stalls — met in a cottageto talk over their plan, which
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . ROOM IN THE COTTAGE OF QUINCE THE CARPENTER. II. Act I. Scene THENS was now full of rejoicing over the approaching mar-riage of Theseus and Queen Hippolyta. All the peoplewanted to do something in honor of the great occasion andto show their love. Among the rest, a number of roughworkingmen — rude mechanicals, hard-handed men, thatworked for bread upon Athenian stalls — met in a cottageto talk over their plan, which was to act a play before theDuke and his bride on his wedding-day at night, as they said. They were a queer company for such a purpose, and comical work they made ofit, as you will see. First, there was Quince, the carpenter, who seems to haveplanned and managed the whole affair, perhaps because he was a carpenter anddid everything by rule. Next in importance came Bottom, the weaver, who wasa general favorite, and was thought by his friends, as well as by himself, to be verybright and witty. He was certainly conceited enough; for he was quite sure noone could do anything so well as he : and he actually wanted to take all the prin
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