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SCENE II. Athens. QUINCE'S house. Is all our company here?
Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING QUINCE Is all our company here? BOTTOM You were best to call them generally, man by man, QUINCE Here is the scroll of every man's name, which is BOTTOM First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats QUINCE Marry, our play is, The most lamentable comedy, and BOTTOM A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a QUINCE Answer as I call you. Nick Bottom, the weaver. BOTTOM Ready. Name what part I am for, and proceed. QUINCE You, Nick Bottom, are set down for Pyramus. BOTTOM What is Pyramus? a lover, or a tyrant? QUINCE A lover, that kills himself most gallant for love. BOTTOM That will ask some tears in the true performing of QUINCE Francis Flute, the bellows-mender. FLUTE Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE Flute, you must take Thisby on you. FLUTE What is Thisby? a wandering knight? QUINCE It is the lady that Pyramus must love. FLUTE Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming. QUINCE That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and BOTTOM An I may hide my face, let me play Thisby too, I'll QUINCE No, no; you must play Pyramus: and, Flute, you Thisby. BOTTOM Well, proceed. QUINCE Robin Starveling, the tailor. STARVELING Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE Robin Starveling, you must play Thisby's mother. SNOUT Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE You, Pyramus' father: myself, Thisby's father: SNUG Have you the lion's part written? pray you, if it QUINCE You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will QUINCE An you should do it too terribly, you would fright ALL That would hang us, every mother's son. BOTTOM I grant you, friends, if that you should fright the QUINCE You can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a BOTTOM Well, I will undertake it. What beard were I best QUINCE Why, what you will. BOTTOM I will discharge it in either your straw-colour QUINCE Some of your French crowns have no hair at all, and BOTTOM We will meet; and there we may rehearse most QUINCE At the duke's oak we meet. BOTTOM Enough; hold or cut bow-strings. Exeunt ACT II |
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