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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus, Philostrate et al Lines 107-126
This video features a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where the prologue of the Mechanicals' play is introduced. Theseus gives his consent for the performance to begin, emphasizing the actors' good intentions despite their amateur...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus, Lines 354-361
This video captures a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Theseus marks the end of the evening's entertainments. He notes the late hour and invites the lovers to retire to bed, suggesting that the night's revelries have extended...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus, Hippolyta et al Lines 301-341
This video captures a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Theseus and others watch the comical yet tragic climax of the Mechanicals' play within the play, featuring the deaths of Pyramus and Thisby. The characters provide...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus, Demetrius, Bottom Lines 342-353
This video features a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Theseus, after watching the Mechanicals' play, declines the offer to watch an epilogue, suggesting instead that they proceed directly to a bergomask dance. This humorous...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus Lines 90-106
This video captures a performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," featuring Theseus as he reacts to the proposed play about Pyramus and Thisbe. Despite its brevity and tragic content, Theseus is intrigued by the paradox of a play that...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus and Philostrate Lines 32-85
This video features a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Theseus and Philostrate discuss the entertainment options for the evening. Theseus seeks to fill the time between supper and bedtime with performances, examining options...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Theseus and Hippolyta Lines 1-30a
This video features a performance of the opening lines from Act 5, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Theseus and Hippolyta discuss the strange tales told by the four lovers of Athens. Theseus expresses skepticism about the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Snug, Theseus, Demetrius Lines 217-234
This video showcases a performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," featuring Snug as the Lion in the Mechanicals' play-within-a-play. His portrayal aims to be fierce yet humorous, ensuring the court audience, including Theseus and...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Snout, Theseus, Demetrius Line 155-168
This video presents a segment from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Snout humorously portrays a wall in the Mechanicals' play-within-a-play. He describes the crucial role his character plays in allowing the separated lovers, Pyramus...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Quince, Theseus, Demetrius Lines 127-154
This video features a performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Quince introduces the play-within-a-play to Theseus, Demetrius, and the court. He sets the stage for the comical misadventures of Pyramus and Thisbe, blending...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Puck Lines 415-430
This video features a performance of Puck's concluding lines from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." In this segment, Puck addresses the audience directly, offering a whimsical and reflective epilogue. He invites viewers to think of the play's...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Puck Lines 362-381
This video captures Puck's evocative speech from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where he describes the nocturnal happenings of the natural and supernatural world. Through his lines, Puck sets a mystical scene of the night where lions roar...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Oberon Lines 393-414
This video features a powerful performance of Oberon's lines from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where he describes the mystical activities of the night. As he speaks of the hungry lion's roar, the howling wolf, and the fairies' nocturnal...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Bottom, Theseus, Hippolyta Lines 266-284
This video features a dramatic performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," capturing a poignant moment as Bottom, playing Pyramus, delivers his lamentation under the moonlight. This scene, involving Theseus and Hippolyta, highlights...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Bottom Lines 285-300
This video captures a performance segment from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," focusing on Bottom's lines. The scene showcases Bottom’s characteristic blend of earnestness and comical self-importance, providing a deep dive into his...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Interview: Theseus and Hippolyta
This video presents a fictional interview with Theseus and Hippolyta, exploring their perspectives at the end of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The discussion delves into their thoughts on the events of the play, including the enchanted...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.2 Interview:Quince, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, Bottom
This video features an interview with the characters Quince, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, and Bottom from Act 4, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They discuss the challenges they face in putting on a play for the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Titania and Bottom Lines 1-44
This video presents a performance from Act 4, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," featuring Titania and Bottom. In this enchanting scene, Titania, under the spell of a love potion, dotes on Bottom who has been transformed into an...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Theseus Lines 180-188
This video features a performance of Theseus's lines from Act 4, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." In this scene, Theseus overrides Egeus's wishes and declares that the young couples will be married alongside him and Hippolyta. He...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Theseus and Hippolyta Lines 103-118
This video features a performance from Act 4, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Theseus speaks to Hippolyta about the pleasures of hunting. He recalls a past hunt with Hercules and Cadmus, comparing it to the hounds they will...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Theseus and Egeus Lines 127b-138
This video features a scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Theseus discovers the young Athenians sleeping in the forest. He speculates they came early to celebrate the Rite of May and prompts Egeus to wake...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Oberon, Titania, Puck Lines 87-102
This video presents a scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Oberon instructs Puck to remove the donkey's head from Bottom, undoing the last of the magical mischief. Titania, now freed from the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Oberon, Titania, Bottom Lines 70-83
This video features a scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where Oberon releases Titania from her enchantment, and she realizes her bizarre affection for Bottom. The moment highlights the resolution of...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Oberon Lines 45-69
This video showcases a performance of Oberon's lines from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." In these lines, Oberon expresses pity for the enchanted Titania and decides to undo the spell he placed upon her,...