Starveling - the Tailor:
[Precariously gets up onto a chair, holding up a lantern to speak as the moon, and a thorn bush tied to a dog's collar in his other hand; all cheer as he manages to stand on the chair]
This lanthorn doth the horned moon present; Myself the man...
Theseus - Duke of Athens:
He should have worn horns on his head.
Starveling - the Tailor:
This lanthorn doth the horned moon present; Myself the man i' the moon do seem to be. This do...
Theseus - Duke of Athens:
This is the greatest error of all the rest: the man should be put into the lantern.
Starveling - the Tailor:
This lan...
Theseus - Duke of Athens:
How is it else the man i' the moon?
Starveling - the Tailor:
This lantern doth...
Hippolyta - Queen of the Amazons - Betrothed to Theseus:
I am so weary of this moon: would he would change!
Starveling - the Tailor:
[gurning]
This lantern...
Demetrius, in Love with Hermia:
Proceed, Moon.
Starveling - the Tailor:
[sighs, then speaks very quickly]
All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lantern is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 08:11