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In performing the play Quince recites the prologue but struggles to fit his lines into the meter and make the rhymes. The noble audience makes jocular comments, whilst the rest of the mechanicals struggle (except for Bottom, who rather confidently improvises).
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of the pre-Elizabethan era, which were also produced by craftspeople. His metrical preferences refer to vernacular ballads. Despite Quince's obvious shortcomings as a writer,
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257:Montrose, Louis Adrian (1996).
222:from the original on 2020-02-01
250:University of California Press
210:Morganti, Emily (2019-10-25).
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146:is named after Peter Quince.
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109:Peter Quince at the Clavier
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399:Mechanicals
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855:The Lovers
655:Literature
514:Television
344:Characters
226:2020-04-18
198:Bates 1985
186:Leach 2008
174:Wells 1990
150:References
89:Roger Rees
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955:The Dream
636:10ml Love
588:Wood Love
427:Tom Snout
389:Demetrius
362:Hippolyta
292:Routledge
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831:The Park
741:Il Sogno
380:Lysander
273:(1990).
220:Archived
130:Elsinore
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107:poem, "
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599:(1983)
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385:Helena
376:Hermia
367:Oberon
351:Lovers
136:Hamlet
54:quoins
38:Athens
803:Stage
752:Opera
706:Music
545:Stage
453:Egeus
121:Faust
776:Puck
572:Film
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