Cunha

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Claro, nossa peça é “A mais lamentável comédia e a morte am S

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mais cruel de Píramo e Tisbe”.16

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NOVELO

Um trabalho muito bom, posso lhe assegurar, e alegre.

Agora, bom Pedro Cunha, chame os atores pelo papel.

Mestres, espalhem-se.

CUNHA

Respondam quando eu chamar. Nico Novelo, o tecelão?

NOVELO

Pronto. Nomeie o papel que me cabe e continue.

CUNHA

A você, Nico Novelo, está atribuído Píramo.

NOVELO

Quem é Píramo? Um amante ou um tirano?

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QUINCE

A lover that kil s himself, most gal ant, for love.

BOTTOM

That will ask some tears in the true performing of it. If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes: I will move storms, I 20

will condole, in some measure. To the rest – yet my chief humour is for a tyrant. I could play Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split:

The raging rocks

And shivering shocks

Shall break the locks

Of prison gates,

And Phibbus’ car

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Shall shine from far

And make and mar

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The foolish Fates.

ãoer

This was lofty. Now, name the rest of the players. –

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This is Ercles’ vein, a tyrant’s vein; a lover is more oite d

condoling.

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QUINCE

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Francis Flute, the bellows-mender?

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FLUTE

Sonh

Here, Peter Quince.

QUINCE

Flute, you must take Thisbe on you.

FLUTE

What is Thisbe? A wandering knight?

QUINCE

It is the lady that Pyramus must love.

FLUTE

Nay, faith, let not me play a woman: I have a beard 40

coming.

CUNHA