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 . Act V. Scene i. ND now the wedding-day had come, and the ducal party wasassembled in an apartment of the palace. They found ithard to believe the story of the lovers adventures in thewood. T is strange, my Theseus, said Hippolyta, thatthese lovers speak of; and Theseus replied, — More strange than true. I never may believeThese antique fables, nor these fairy come the lovers, full of joy and mirth. The
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 . Act V. Scene i. ND now the wedding-day had come, and the ducal party wasassembled in an apartment of the palace. They found ithard to believe the story of the lovers adventures in thewood. T is strange, my Theseus, said Hippolyta, thatthese lovers speak of; and Theseus replied, — More strange than true. I never may believeThese antique fables, nor these fairy come the lovers, full of joy and mirth. The two happy pairs now arrive as the Dukes guests, and Philostrate, themanager of the revels, hands to the Duke a list of the entertainments, from whichhe may choose the evenings sport,to beguile the lazy time. TheDuke noticed the odd title of theclowns play. Whats this?said he, — A tedious brief scene of young Py-ramids And his love Thisbe; very tragicalmirth. Merry and tragical! Tedious and brief !That is, hot ice, and wondrous [swarthy] shall we find the concord ofthis discord ?What are they that do play it ? Philostrate. Hard-handed men, that work in Athens here,
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