A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763)

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As it is Performed at the THEATRE-ROYAL In DRURY-LANE, LONDON
Printed for J. and R. Tonson.
Quince, a Carpenter, Mr. Love. Bottom, the Weaver, Mr. Baddely. Snug, the Joiner, Mr. Clough. Flute, the Bellows-mender, Mr. Castle. Snout, the Tinker, Mr. Ackman. Starveling, the Taylor, Mr. Parsons.
Oberon, King of the Fairies, Miss Rogers. Titania, Queen of the Fairies, Miss Ford. Puck, Master Cape. First Fairy, Miss Wright. Second Fairy, Master Raworth.
Other Fairies attending the King and Queen.
Enter Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snowt, and Starveling.
Is all our company here?
Bot. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip.
Quin. Here is the scrowl of every man's name, which is thought fit through all Athens to play in our interlude before the Duke and Dutchess, on his wedding day at night.
Bot. First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats on; then read the names of the actors; and so grow on to a point.