Date:1619
Description:Duke Theseus’ hounds in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Theseus’s praise of his hounds echoes the words of Ovid's book three: ‘My hounds are bred out of that Spartan kind... matched in mouth like bells, each under each...’ (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 4,1, lines 117-125). Full title: William Shakespeare, A midsommer nights dreame. As it hath beene sundry times publikely acted, Written by William Shakespeare. [London], Printed by James Roberts, 1600. [i.e. William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier, 1619].
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ‘quarto’ text titlepage. The ...
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Donor ref:SR 35.23 [1,199] (32/10536)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Library
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