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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Leoff, Eve
Affiliation: Department Of English, Hofstra University

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3

Act 3: Scene 1

This scene takes place in the wood near Titania's bower. The Athenian
workmen enter: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, and Starveling. They have
come to rehearse their play as they planned to do in Act 1, Scene 2. Bottom is
the first to speak and he asks if they are all present. Quince says yes and
that the spot they're in is a good place for their rehearsal. It has a clear
plot to serve as a stage, and a hawthorn hedge to ...

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