Little Willow ([info]slayground) wrote,
@ 2007-07-06 07:09:00
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Entry tags:poetry friday, shakey

Poetry Friday: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire,
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone:
Our queen and all our elves come here anon.
- from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Dream is my favorite Shakespearian comedy. I've quoted it once before during Poetry Friday.


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[info]mimagirl
2007-07-06 09:53 pm UTC (link)
I will never forget how amazing it felt to be able to say these lines on-stage when I was in this play. *happy sigh*

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[info]slayground
2007-07-06 11:43 pm UTC (link)
:) :)

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(Anonymous)
2007-07-07 04:12 am UTC (link)
Oh my do I love that. And I've interpreted it into American Sign Language precisely one bajillion times!

I have one of those posters on my wall in which the entire text of the play is printed. I forget the name of the company who did it (they did other Shakespearean plays and I think things like books of the Bible or something), but it's great. And I got it framed, which cost an arm and a leg, but I love that script and love looking at it.

Happy Poetry Friday!
Jules at 7-Imp

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[info]slayground
2007-07-07 03:53 pm UTC (link)
Ooh, teach me! I don't know how to sign "fairy." I have to go look that up now . . .

THE ENTIRE SCRIPT? Wowza.

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(Anonymous)
2007-07-10 12:29 pm UTC (link)
Just in case you didn't see my response to your request over at my blog: Yes. I'd be honored to have you use King Of Grief for Poetry Friday.

I want one of those posters Jules has! I think I've seen them before, so why didn't I buy one?!? I do have a lovely Midsummer Night's Dream poster from the Alabama Shakespeare Company's 1987-88 season. (www.asf.net)

Sara Lewis Holmes

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[info]slayground
2007-07-10 02:02 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :)

I recently saw a production of Dream that was quite enjoyable.

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