A Midsummer Night's Dream - the Workmen

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This is the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In addition to the stage directions, we hear four characters speak - Nick Bottom, Peter Quince, Snug and Flute. All spoken word content is my own, and was recorded 'live'.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC) Welsh

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
and it's Summer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. A portion of that three Scene one We're in the woods. Enter the clown's quince, snug bottom flute snout and startling how you're in Metz that bat. And he's a marvellous, convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage. This hawthorn brake our tiring house and we will do it in action as we will do it before the Duke Rita Quince. What? C'est out, Bully bottom. There are things in this comedy of pyramids and Frisbee that will never please. First pyramids must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How answer you that our lake and a parlous fear. I believe we must leave the killing out when all is done, not a weight. I have a device to make All well, write me a prologue and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swords and that Thomas is not killed Indeed. And for the more better assurance, tell him that I pyramids. I'm not Pyra, Miss, but bottom the weaver. This will put them out to fear. Well, we shall have such a prologue and let it be written in eight and six. No, Make it two more. Let it be written in eight and eight. Well, not the ladies. Be a feared of the lion. I fear it. I promise you, Masters, you ought to consider with yourselves to bring in God shield us Ally in among the ladies is a most stripped for thing. For there is not a more fearful wildfowl than your lion living. And we ought to look to it. Therefore another prologue must tell. He is not a lawyer. Nay, you must name his name and half his fields must be seen through the lion's neck on. He himself must speak through saying that or to the same defect ladies or their ladies. I would wish you or I would request you. Oh, I wouldn't treat you not to fear not to tremble my life for yours. If you think I come hither as a lion, it were pity of my life. No, I am no such thing. I am a man, as other men are. And there indeed. Let him name his noon and tell them plainly he is snug the joiner. Well, it shall be so, but there is too hard things that is to bring the moonlight into a chamber for you know, pyramids and Thursby meet by moonlight. That's the moon showing the night we play our play A calendar, a calendar Look in the almanack. Find out moonshine. Find that moonshine. Yes, yes, it doth shine that night. WeII. Then you may leave a casement of the great chamber window where we play open on the moon may shine in at the casement Aye, or else one must come in with a bush of thorns in a lantern and say he comes to disfigure or to present the person of moonshine. Then there is another thing. We must have a war in the great chamber for pyramids and fizz B says the storey did talk through the *** of a wall You can never bring in a wall. What say you bum? Some man or other must present war and let him have some plaster or some loam or some rough cast about him to signify war or let him hold his fingers. Thus and through that cranny shall pyramids and Frisbee whisper. If that may be then all is well. Come sit down every mother's son and rehearse your parts. Promise you begin when you have spoken your speech. Enter into that brake and so everyone, according to his cue.