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| INTRODUCTION | vii |
THE TEMPEST— |
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| The Magician’s Isle | 1 |
| The Shipwrecked Wanderers | 6 |
| The King’s Son | 10 |
| Mysterious Music | 14 |
| “Though the Seas threaten, they are merciful” | 19 |
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA— |
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| “Now let us take our Leave” | 27 |
| “Who is Silvia?” | 34 |
| False to his Friend | 39 |
| “Alas poor Lady, desolate and left!” | 41 |
| What befell in the Forest | 45 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING— |
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| “Dear Lady Disdain” | 54 |
| A Plain-dealing Villain | 59 |
| “Cupid’s Crafty Arrow” | 61 |
| The Night Before the Wedding | 68 |
| “Done to Death by Slanderous Tongues” | 72 |
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM— |
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| Helena and Hermia | 82 |
| Playing the Lion | 86 |
| The Magic Flower | 88 |
| Puck in Mischief | 95 |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE— |
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| A Merry Bond | 104 |
| The Three Caskets | 110 |
| “Revenge!” | 115 |
| A Pound of Flesh | 119 |
| The Two Rings | 128 |
AS YOU LIKE IT— |
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| Oliver and Orlando | 133 |
| Rosalind and Celia | 136 |
| In the Forest of Arden | 142 |
| The Shepherd Youth | 148 |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW— |
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| A Rough Courtship | 158 |
| The Marriage, and After | 162 |
TWELFTH NIGHT— |
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| Orsino’s Envoy | 176 |
| A Dream of Greatness | 186 |
| The Challenge | 193 |
| Yellow Stockings | 203 |
| Sebastian and Viola | 206 |
ROMEO AND JULIET— |
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| The Masked Ball | 210 |
| Mercutio | 216 |
| “Banished!” | 225 |
| Comfort and Counsel | 230 |
| The Palace of Dim Night | 236 |
MACBETH— |
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| The Weird Sisters | 245 |
| At the Castle of Macbeth | 252 |
| The Guest at the Banquet | 260 |
| The Witches’ Cavern | 267 |
| Birnam Wood | 274 |
HAMLET— |
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| A Vision at Midnight | 283 |
| Ophelia | 293 |
| “Sweet Bells jangled, out of Tune and Harsh” | 296 |
| “The Mouse-trap” | 305 |
| “Rosemary for Remembrance” | 321 |
| The King’s Wager | 327 |
KING LEAR— |
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| The Dowerless Daughter | 335 |
| Goneril and Regan | 341 |
| Night and Storm | 350 |
OTHELLO— |
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| “Honest Iago” | 360 |
| Well Met at Cyprus | 367 |
| The Handkerchief | 374 |
| No Way but This | 381 |
CYMBELINE— |
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| A Princess of Britain | 391 |
| How Iachimo won his Wager | 399 |
| The Cave of Belarius | 403 |
| Fidele | 411 |
THE WINTER’S TALE— |
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| At the Palace of Leontes | 422 |
| The Oracle Speaks | 428 |
| A Queen of Curds and Cream | 432 |
| The Oracle Fulfilled | 437 |
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS— |
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| A Walk through Ephesus | 445 |
| Confusion worse Confounded | 452 |