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Page 105
... probably written as separate half - lines in the original MS , to denote deliberate utterance ( cf. Measure , note 2. 2. 83-4 ) , and thus led the compositor astray . The error was first rectified by Rowe . 27. witched ( Theobald ) Q ...
... probably written as separate half - lines in the original MS , to denote deliberate utterance ( cf. Measure , note 2. 2. 83-4 ) , and thus led the compositor astray . The error was first rectified by Rowe . 27. witched ( Theobald ) Q ...
Page 131
... Probably most of the scene was composed in 1594 though certain parts look like first draft material recopied , e.g. the prose - lining of Titania's speeches ll . 27 , 34-5 suggests copying , while it seems likely that Hippolyta was ...
... Probably most of the scene was composed in 1594 though certain parts look like first draft material recopied , e.g. the prose - lining of Titania's speeches ll . 27 , 34-5 suggests copying , while it seems likely that Hippolyta was ...
Page 147
... probably due to popular ety- mology , lanterns having formerly been almost always made of horn . ' Quince , or whoever wrote the play , evidently shared this belief . 239. on his head A reference to cuckoldry , jests upon which never ...
... probably due to popular ety- mology , lanterns having formerly been almost always made of horn . ' Quince , or whoever wrote the play , evidently shared this belief . 239. on his head A reference to cuckoldry , jests upon which never ...
Contents
THE COPY FOR THE TEXT OF 1600 | 77 |
NOTES ΙΟΙ | 154 |
THE STAGEHISTORY | 160 |
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