Podcasts about egeus

Wann warst du eigentlich das letzte Mal beim Zahnarzt? In der Horror-Kurzgeschichte Berenice von Edgar Allan Poe hat unser Erzähler Egeus keine Lust auf Terminabsprachen oder das Wartezimmer. Deshalb nimmt er das Thema Zähne lieber selbst in die Hand. Wir finden: Berenice kommt ganz im Stile Poes hervorragend ohne expliziten Horror aus. Viel gruseliger als jede Beschreibung finden wir die Vorstellung von dem, was der armen Berenice in der Geschichte widerfährt. Hat die Geschichte auch bei dir für Gänsehaut gesorgt? Viel Spaß mit der Folge! --- Hier geht's zu der von Thalia empfohlenen Arte-Dokumentation über Edgar Allan Poe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eTpYhe0bvw Brauchst du auch mal gute Nachrichten? Die findest du auf https://goodnews.eu/ --- Berenice von Edgar Allan Poe findest du hier kostenlos zum Mitlesen: Im englischen Original: https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/bernicea.htm Und auf Deutsch: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/poe/bernice/chap01.html --- In der nächsten Folge starten wir unser nächstes Großprojekt: Wir lesen den brandneuen Roman Das Kalendermädchen von Sebastian Fitzek. Leider können wir euch hierzu keine kostenlose Version anbieten

Wann warst du eigentlich das letzte Mal beim Zahnarzt? In der Horror-Kurzgeschichte Berenice von Edgar Allan Poe hat unser Erzähler Egeus keine Lust auf Terminabsprachen oder das Wartezimmer. Deshalb nimmt er das Thema Zähne lieber selbst in die Hand. Wir finden: Berenice kommt ganz im Stile Poes hervorragend ohne expliziten Horror aus. Viel gruseliger als jede Beschreibung finden wir die Vorstellung von dem, was der armen Berenice in der Geschichte widerfährt. Hat die Geschichte auch bei dir für Gänsehaut gesorgt? Viel Spaß mit der Folge! --- Hier geht's zu der von Thalia empfohlenen Arte-Dokumentation über Edgar Allan Poe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eTpYhe0bvw Brauchst du auch mal gute Nachrichten? Die findest du auf https://goodnews.eu/ --- Berenice von Edgar Allan Poe findest du hier kostenlos zum Mitlesen: Im englischen Original: https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/bernicea.htm Und auf Deutsch: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/poe/bernice/chap01.html --- In der nächsten Folge starten wir unser nächstes Großprojekt: Wir lesen den brandneuen Roman Das Kalendermädchen von Sebastian Fitzek. Leider können wir euch hierzu keine kostenlose Version anbieten

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare audiobook. Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest are Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with one another. At Oberon's behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love with Helena -- oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. In the meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puck gives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at all odd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom and the rest "perform" their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puck assures us the whole thing has been a dream.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH and PATRICK BURGESS, Sound Design and Mix SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com & playonshakespeare.org for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team.

Host Daniel Kemper sits down with several key figures in the court of Athens: Duke Theseus and Duchess Hippolyta, newly engaged fresh off the heat of war; Lord Egeus, furiously seeking the execution of his daughter Hermia for daring to fall in love with a young man different from the one whom Egeus preferred; and Master of the Revels Philostrate, working hard and hardly working to keep everyone entertained. Shaken, Not Speared is a half-improvised mockumentary podcast that combines immersively designed audio renditions of scenes from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with improvised character interviews ala Christopher Guest, celebrating the timeless irreverence of the classic comedy in ways that will ignite new conversations for fans of the play as much as it provides an entry-point for Shakes-curious newcomers. Featuring (in order of appearance): Daniel Kemper (Host), David Sitler (Egeus), Nicolas Greco (Philostrate), Jerome Harmann-Hardeman (Hippolyta), Elisabeth Ahrens (Theseus), Ann Flanigan (Hermia), Michael Shenefelt (Demetrius), Kara Arena (Lysander), Samantha Simone (Helena), and Laura Piccoli (Peter Quince). Actor-Managed by Daniel Kemper. Becca Kaplan was the production manager. Original music by Kara Arena. Produced and edited by Montgomery Sutton. Sound design, production, and mixing by lupo blu productions. Shaken, Not Speared is a Rude Grooms podcast; learn more at www.rudegrooms.com. Shaken, Not Speared: A Midsummer Night's Dream is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and individual contributions from our Patreon supporters. Join them to gain exclusive donor access at patreon.com/rudegrooms. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shaken-not-speared/message

Welcome to the full Play of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. Synopsis: The players delight Theseus, Hippolyta, the lovers and the Court with their rendition of “Pyramus and Thisbe”; as Titania, Oberon and all the fairy kingdom bless the realm with their celebration of unity. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH and PATRICK BURGESS, Sound Design and Mix SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: The players delight Theseus, Hippolyta, the lovers and the Court with their rendition of “Pyramus and Thisbe”; as Titania, Oberon and all the fairy kingdom bless the realm with their celebration of unity. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH and PATRICK BURGESS, Sound Design and Mix SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: Oberon takes pity on Titania and orders Puck to wake her from her reverie. The Fairy King and Queen are united in rekindled love, and balance is restored at last. The next morning, Theseus and Hippolyta, now happily united and embarking on a hunt, stumble upon the sleeping lovers in the forest. In their embarrassment, they realize they are each with their rightful partner. Theseus refuses to enforce the punishment Egeus demands for his daughter Hermia, and all three happy couples go to Theseus's court to celebrate their nuptials. Meanwhile, Bottom wakes from her spell and marvels at her dream, vowing to turn it into a play written by Peter Quince, who she finds with all the other players back in town. Celebrating Bottom's return, the players learn that their play has made it to the final round of selection for performance at Theseus's palace. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH and PATRICK BURGESS, Sound Design and Mix SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: All four lovers end up in a fray of broken hearts and wounding words, much to Puck's delight and Obreron's disgust. Meanwhile, Titania dotes on her ass-headed lover, Bottom. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH and PATRICK BURGESS, Sound Design and Mix SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the third episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: In the forest, Puck stumbles upon the city workers, who have unwittingly set up their rehearsal right next to the sleeping fairy queen. He uses his magic to transform Bottom's head into the head of an ass, and the players all run scared out of their wits through the forest, waking Titania, who instantly falls madly in love with Bottom. Puck delivers this news to Oberon, who applauds his work until he discovers that Puck put the love potion in the wrong Athenian's eyes. Oberon half-corrects the mistake by putting the love juice into Demetrius's eyes, causing both Demetrius and Lysander to fall madly in love with Helena, who can't believe it and thinks they're mocking her.  The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH, Sound Designer and Mixer SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: Titania offers to restore the balance of nature with Oberon but refuses his demand to hand over custody of her fairy child to him. In revenge, Oberon sends Puck to fetch a flower that has a magic potion which, when dropped on anyone's eyelids, will make them fall madly in love with the next thing they see. Meanwhile, Lysander and Hermia lose their way in the woods and fall asleep as Demetrius and Helena hunt for them. Oberon  witnesses how badly Demetrius treats Helena and directs Puck to apply the magic potion to Demetrius's eyes as well as Titania's. Puck drops the potion in Titania's eyes but mistakes Lysander for Demetrius. When Helena finds Lysander and wakes him up, he instantly falls in love with her. Helena runs from him, Lysander follows her, and Hermia is left alone in the woods to fend for herself. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH, Sound Designer and Mixer SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Welcome to the premiere episode of the Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream. Synopsis: Just as celebrations for Theseus's wedding with his reluctant bride-to-be, Hippolyta, are about to get underway, the Duke's court is interrupted by a squabble between Hermia's lover, Lysander, and her wealthy father, Egeus, who demands that she marry his choice for her, Demetrius, or be put to death. In another realm, Titania, Queen of the Fairy World, is squabbling with her lover, Oberon, who wants custody of a changeling boy under her care. Meanwhile, a group of workers moonlighting as actors gather to rehearse a play they hope to perform for Theseus in honor of his wedding. The Cast: ALEXANDRA HENRIKSON as Helena AMARI CHEATOM as Oberon ARMANDO MCCLAIN as Egeus and Snug CEDRIC LAMAR as Flute CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as Demetrius DAISUKE TSUJI as Puck DAVID FURR as Theseus GOPAL DIVAN as Lysander JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Hermia JEENA YI as Quince JENN HARRIS as Bottom MANILA LUZON as Hippolyta MICHELLE BECK as Titania Creative Team: JEFFREY WHITTY, Playwright CATHERINE EATON, Director and Script Adaptor GEORGE WHITTY, Composer ARJUN G. SHETH, Sound Designer and Mixer SADAHARU YAGI, Engineer LARRY WALSH, Dialog Editor Play On Podcasts Series A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare.

This week's episode is the second in a three-part series featuring scenes from William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. Tonight, we perform Act Three, Scene Two, where we revisit our fair lovers as they spend the night in the forest. Their misprised antics are exacerbated by the gleeful, yet mischievous, interventions of our resident Puck, Robin Goodfellow. Enjoy the show!Tonight's Cast (In Order of Appearance) Oberon, King of the Fairies: Zak EisenbergRobin Goodfellow, a Puck: Drew HallumDemetrius, a youth of Athens: Bret JordanHermia, Egeus' daughter: Tricia MarsacHelena, a young woman of Athens: Siana Lea GildardLysander, Hermia's true love: Josh ButtonProducers: Alison Hope Ferrara, Melissa SakSound Designer and Music Composer: Victoria TimpanaroEditing Team: Jeff Feightner, Melissa Sak, Victoria Timpanaro*Intro and outro themes, and all music within are original works composed and performed by Victoria Timpanaro.

Children’s author George Shannon joins us to read from one of his many inviting tales. The School Library Journal calls Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! a “winning choice for storytime,” and Booklist says its “mix of tension, sheer fright, and humor is just right.” Also in this episode, actor and BHS student Evelyn Cantwell chats with George about being a teacher in these pandemic times. This week’s episode will also feature the music of Johnny Bregar. An acclaimed kids/family musician, his music has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Putumayo, XM/Sirius Radio, and ParentMap Magazine.  Reviewers from around the country have praised his original songs and arrangements of familiar children’s songs. He resides on beautiful Bainbridge Island with his wife and two sons, and runs a professional recording studio, where he has recorded five kids/family albums. Instruments are everywhere around the house, and music fills the air. Visit him at https://www.johnnybregar.com/. GEORGE SHANNON IN HIS OWN WORDS George as EGEUS in BPA’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2015 “It feels as though I have always been wrapped in stories and books. My parents read to me, and I in turn read to younger brothers. Books and family stories filled our home, and going to the library was as common as going to the market. I began writing stories when they were given as assignments in elementary school, but I came to enjoy the writing so much I began writing extra ones. Then I wrote even when there was no assignment at all. My dream of making books was so vivid I submitted my first “formal” children’s manuscript to a publisher when I was sixteen. Eleven more years of school, work, reading, writing, and luck finally brought about Lizard’s Song, my first children’s book to be accepted.” Keep reading

Publicist and all-around fangirl of things, A.J. Feuerman (@AJFeuerman) is here to discuss her longstanding love for the weird Shakespearean sex farce, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. This bonkers play is not-so-secretly about women's choices and agency, with a nice dash of romance and sisterly bonds. It's so, so much more than Puck. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FuckboisOfLit http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY In ancient Athens, two men and two women are in a battle of love. Hermia is in love with Lysander, but her father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius was partnered with Hermia's best friend, Helena, until Egeus offered him a different deal. Local leader Theseus, on the eve of his own wedding to the Amazon warrior Hippolyta, declares Hermia to do as her father wishes, so Hermia and Lysander escape to the woods, to travel to his grandmother's house to get married. Meanwhile, faerie king Oberon wants to play a trick on his wife, Titania, so he orders his minion Puck to drug her to make her fall in love with the first thing she sees– hopefully the monstrous Bottom, a weaver who has been turned into a donkey. In addition to drugging Titania, Puck messes up and drugs Lysander and Demetrius in succession, making them both fall in love with Helena, leaving Hermia alone and confused. The play resolves in typical Shakespearean comedy fashion– with weddings. But who will be wedded to whom?

CHRISTOPHER MOORE is this weeks Moonlight Sessions guest! Christopher Moore is an American writer of absurdist fiction. He grew up in Mansfield, OH, and attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. Moore's novels typically involve conflicted every man characters suddenly struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Inheriting a humanism from his love of John Steinbeck and a sense of the absurd from Kurt Vonnegut, Moore is a best-selling author with major cult status. (Goodreads extract) Christopher Moore is the author of 15 previous novels: Practical Demonkeeping, Coyote Blue, Bloodsucking Fiends, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Lamb, Fluke, The Stupidest Angel, A Dirty Job, You Suck, Fool, Bite Me, Sacré Bleu, The Serpent of Venice, and Secondhand Souls. He lives in San Francisco. Check out his latest book SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS below. New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore—an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bard's most performed play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring Pocket, the hero of Fool and The Serpent of Venice, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff. Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging—last seen in The Serpent of Venice—washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, she shall be executed . . . or consigned to a nunnery. Pocket, being Pocket, cannot help but point out that this decree is complete bollocks, and that the Duke is an egregious weasel for having even suggested it. Irritated by the fool's impudence, the Duke orders his death. With the Duke's guards in pursuit, Pocket makes a daring escape. He soon stumbles into the wooded realm of the fairy king Oberon, who, as luck would have it, IS short a fool. His jester Robin Goodfellow—the mischievous sprite better known as Puck—was found dead. Murdered. Oberon makes Pocket an offer he can't refuse: he will make Pocket his fool and have his death sentence lifted if Pocket finds out who killed Robin Goodfellow. But as anyone who is even vaguely aware of the Bard's most performed play ever will know, nearly every character has a motive for wanting the mischievous sprite dead. With too many suspects and too little time, Pocket must work his own kind of magic to find the truth, save his neck, and ensure that all ends well. A rollicking tale of love, magic, madness, and murder, Shakespeare for Squirrels is a Midsummer Night's noir—a wicked and brilliantly funny good time conjured by the singular imagination of Christopher Moore. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingcommunitychatshow/support

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Adapted from the Play by William ShakespeareTHE TIME: The not-too-distant past.THE PLACE: A park and a forest outside of Athens.THE SITUATION: Athens, a city not unlike Washington, D.C., has just won a war not unlike the Vietnam War. And love is in the air. THE CAST (In Order of Appearance):Theseus, Duke of Athens...Reed TawsHippolyta, Queen of the Amazon...Andrea PayettePhilostrate, Mistress of Revels...Barbara WimbleEgeus, father of Hermia...Paul VickersHermia, Egeus' daughter, in love with Lysander...Lillyana FreitasLysander, in love with Hermia...Riley CluffDemetrius, Hermia's approved suitor...Tim PouringHelena, in love with Demetrius...Alexandra McKeownPeter Quince, a carpenter (also Prologue)...Nick SoaresNick Bottom, a weaver (also Pyramus)...Will RodgersFrancis Flute, bellows mender (also Thisby)...Kamp GaryRobin Starveling, a tailor (also Moonshine)...Caroline WrightThomas Snout, a tinker (also Wall)...Brenden StakemSnug, a joiner (also Lion)...Saad SalihOberon, King of the Woodland Spirits...Reed TawsPuck, a.k.a. Robin Goodfellow, a Sprite...Noelle BrownTitania, Queen of the Fairies...Andrea PayettePeaseblossom, a fairy...Abigail JenkinsCobweb, a fairy...Jenna JenkinsMoth, a fairy...Jillian GallihughMustardseed, a fairy...Maddy OrrisMoonbeam, a fairy...Nicole VickersFirefly, a fairy...Kyra VickersTHE CREW:Director...Brent CirvesTechnical Director...Denis HouyouxSound Engineer...Galen GreenlawMusic and Sound Effects Engineer...Tim StakemCostumes and Makeup...The Cast, Laura Cirves, Barbara WimblePoster Design...Tim KingPublicity...Barbara Wimble

Download MP3 ４ヶ月にわたってお届けしたシェイクスピアの『夏の夜の夢』（A Midsummer Night's Dream）も、いよいよ最終回です。 恋の魔法の掛け違えにより、とんだドタバタ劇となった前回から、物語は大きく展開します。四人の男女と妖精夫婦の、それぞれの喧嘩の結末は…？ 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 　Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” PART 4 likewise = similarly to clap (something) over (something) = to quickly put (something) on (something) an ass = a donkey (Note: Today “donkey” is a more polite word, because “ass” also has another commonly-used meaning of 尻. An “ass’s head” in the play, of course, is a costume resembling the head of a donkey.) to fix (something) on (something) = to securely put (something) on (something) unconscious of = not knowing a bower = a woman’s bedroom, a nice place under the branches of trees (Note: rare in modern English) a mistress = a young woman (Note: older English) to have wit = to be intelligent (Note: Today “wit” means intelligence, but it also especially means “humor”) I have enough to serve my turn = I will be satisfied (Note: old English) enamoured = in love I am a spirit of no common rate = I am not a normal fairy (Note: Old English) to hop = to jump lightly to gambol = to dance (Note: old English) amiable = pleasant, nice, friendly a courtship = trying to get a spouse, 求愛 to scratch = （かゆいところ）を掻く a humble bee = マルハナバチ　(Note: In modern English, it is called “a bumble bee”) a thistle = アサミ, a type of plant with sharp points on the flowers yonder = over there (Note: old English) to fret = to worry break not = doesn’t break (Note: old grammar) overflown = overburdened (Note: old English), ひっかぶる What is your will? = What would you like? (Note: old English) but = except, only a barber’s = 散髪屋 methinks = I think (Note: old English) marvelous hairy about = very hairy around venturous = brave, good at doing adventurous things a hoard = a pile of treasure (Note: In this case, the nuts which a squirrel hides in the ground) to fetch = to go, get, and bring back I had rather have = I would rather have (Note: old grammar) pease = えんどう豆 (Note: an old spelling of the modern “peas”) I have a mind to = I want to to wind = to wrap, 巻きつく (Note: the pronunciation is “waind”) to dote upon (someone) = to serve greatly (someone), 愛おしがる、甘やかす to reproach (someone) = to scold (someone), しかる with = for (Note: old English) to lavish favors upon (someone) = to do a lot for (someone) as = because crowned = covered, put on top like a crown to tease = いじめる、あれこれ言ってさせる、うるさくせがむ a page = a young personal servant (of a king) to take pity on (someone) = to feel sorry for (someone) a contrivance = a plan (Note: Usually scheming something evil) to recover (one’s) senses = to stop being crazy and to become normal to wonder at = to think about in surprise late = former a dotage = someone who is loved (Note: old English) to loathe = to hate the sight of = seeing to be reconciled = to become friends after fighting each other to relate to (someone) = to tell (someone) a grass-plot = a grassy piece of land to make amends for = to repair a relationship, to make up for (something bad), 埋め合わせをする to contrive = to plan, たくらむ utmost = the greatest, 最大の diligence = effort a charm = a spell, magic an antidote = a remedy to counter or stop something like a poison, 矯正手段、解読剤 an inconstancy = changeable, being unreliable (concerning love), disloyal, 浮気 (Note: rare in modern English) to recover (one’s) reason = to recover (one’s) senses bewildering = strange with delight = with happiness professions = exclamations, promises, declarations to perceive = to see, to think sincere = truthful fair = young and beautiful (Note: old English) to wander = to walk around to consult = to talk and get advice to have pretensions to = to claim to have、 to pretend to have to endeavor = to try to prevail upon (someone) = to convince or persuade (someone) to revoke = to take back or cancel, to pass a sentence = a judge makes a decision、判決 in pursuit of = in search of a consent = an approval to be condemned to = to be sentenced to (as punishment) faithful = 貞節な invisible = cannot be seen a spectator = someone who watches (a sports event, a play, etc.) a reconciliation = becoming friends after fighting each other the good offices of = the help of (Note: very formal English) to resolve to = to strongly decide to nuptials = wedding ceremonies revels = parties, noisy merrymaking (Note: British, or older English) to be offended = to be angry or not happy, 感情がそこなわれる pranks = mischievous doings, 悪ふざけ、いたずら pretty = rather, relatively Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Part 4 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Titania was still sleeping, and Oberon seeing a clown near her, who had lost his way in the wood, and was likewise asleep: “This fellow,” said he, “shall be my Titania’s true love;” and clapping an ass’s head over the clown’s, it seemed to fit him as well as if it had grown upon his own shoulders. Though Oberon fixed the ass’s head on very gently, it awakened him, and rising up, unconscious of what Oberon had done to him, he went towards the bower where the fairy queen slept. “Ah! what angel is that I see?” said Titania, opening her eyes, and the juice of the little purple flower beginning to take effect: “are you as wise as you are beautiful?” “Why, mistress,” said the foolish clown, “if I have wit enough to find the way out of this wood, I have enough to serve my turn.” “Out of the wood do not desire to go,” said the enamoured queen. “I am a spirit of no common rate. I love you. Go with me, and I will give you fairies to attend upon you.” She then called four of her fairies: their names were, Pease-blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard-seed. “Attend,” said the queen, “upon this sweet gentleman; hop in his walks, and gambol in his sight; feed him with grapes and apricots, and steal for him the honey-bags from the bees. Come, sit with me,” said she to the clown, “and let me play with your amiable hairy cheeks, my beautiful ass! and kiss your fair large ears, my gentle joy!” “Where is Pease-blossom?” said the ass-headed clown, not much regarding the fairy queen’s courtship, but very proud of his new attendants. “Here, sir,” said little Pease-blossom. “Scratch my head,” said the clown. “Where is Cobweb?” “Here, sir,” said Cobweb. “Good Mr. Cobweb,” said the foolish clown, “kill me the red humble bee on the top of that thistle yonder; and, good Mr. Cobweb, bring me the honey-bag. Do not fret yourself too much in the action, Mr. Cobweb, and take care the honey-bag break not; I should be sorry to have you overflown with a honey-bag. Where is Mustard-seed?” “Here, sir,” said Mustard-seed: “what is your will?” “Nothing,” said the clown, “good Mr. Mustard-seed, but to help Mr. Pease-blossom to scratch; I must go to a barber’s, Mr. Mustard-seed, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.” “My sweet love,” said the queen, “what will you have to eat? I have a venturous fairy shall seek the squirrel’s hoard, and fetch you some new nuts.” “I had rather have a handful of dried pease,” said the clown, who with his ass’s head had got an ass’s appetite. “But, I pray, let none of your people disturb me, for I have a mind to sleep.” “Sleep, then,” said the queen, “and I will wind you in my arms. O how I love you! how I dote upon you!” When the fairy king saw the clown sleeping in the arms of his queen, he advanced within her sight, and reproached her with having lavished her favours upon an ass. This she could not deny, as the clown was then sleeping within her arms, with his ass’s head crowned by her with flowers. When Oberon had teased her for some time, he again demanded the changeling boy; which she, ashamed of being discovered by her lord with her new favourite, did not dare to refuse him. Oberon, having thus obtained the little boy he had so long wished for to be his page, took pity on the disgraceful situation into which, by his merry contrivance, he had brought his Titania, and threw some of the juice of the other flower into her eyes; and the fairy queen immediately recovered her senses, and wondered at her late dotage, saying how she now loathed the sight of the strange monster. Oberon likewise took the ass’s head from off the clown, and left him to finish his nap with his own fool’s head upon his shoulders. Oberon and his Titania being now perfectly reconciled, he related to her the history of the lovers, and their midnight quarrels; and she agreed to go with him and see the end of their adventures. The fairy king and queen found the lovers and their fair ladies, at no great distance from each other, sleeping on a grass-plot; for Puck, to make amends for his former mistake, had contrived with the utmost diligence to bring them all to the same spot, unknown to each other; and he had carefully removed the charm from off the eyes of Lysander with the antidote the fairy king gave to him. Hermia first awoke, and finding her lost Lysander asleep so near her, was looking at him and wondering at his strange inconstancy. Lysander presently opening his eyes, and seeing his dear Hermia, recovered his reason which the fairy charm had before clouded, and with his reason, his love for Hermia; and they began to talk over the adventures of the night, doubting if these things had really happened, or if they had both been dreaming the same bewildering dream. Helena and Demetrius were by this time awake; and a sweet sleep having quieted Helena’s disturbed and angry spirits, she listened with delight to the professions of love which Demetrius still made to her, and which, to her surprise as well as pleasure, she began to perceive were sincere. These fair night-wandering ladies, now no longer rivals, became once more true friends; all the unkind words which had passed were forgiven, and they calmly consulted together what was best to be done in their present situation. It was soon agreed that, as Demetrius had given up his pretensions to Hermia, he should endeavour to prevail upon her father to revoke the cruel sentence of death which had been passed against her. Demetrius was preparing to return to Athens for this friendly purpose, when they were surprised with the sight of Egeus, Hermia’s father, who came to the wood in pursuit of his runaway daughter. When Egeus understood that Demetrius would not now marry his daughter, he no longer opposed her marriage with Lysander, but gave his consent that they should be wedded on the fourth day from that time, being the same day on which Hermia had been condemned to lose her life; and on that same day Helena joyfully agreed to marry her beloved and now faithful Demetrius. The fairy king and queen, who were invisible spectators of this reconciliation, and now saw the happy ending of the lovers’ history, brought about through the good offices of Oberon, received so much pleasure, that these kind spirits resolved to celebrate the approaching nuptials with sports and revels throughout their fairy kingdom. And now, if any are offended with this story of fairies and their pranks, as judging it incredible and strange, they have only to think that they have been asleep and dreaming, and that all these adventures were visions which they saw in their sleep: and I hope none of my readers will be so unreasonable as to be offended with a pretty harmless Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Download MP3 ４ヶ月にわたってお届けしたシェイクスピアの『夏の夜の夢』（A Midsummer Night's Dream）も、いよいよ最終回です。 恋の魔法の掛け違えにより、とんだドタバタ劇となった前回から、物語は大きく展開します。四人の男女と妖精夫婦の、それぞれの喧嘩の結末は…？ 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 　Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” PART 4 likewise = similarly to clap (something) over (something) = to quickly put (something) on (something) an ass = a donkey (Note: Today “donkey” is a more polite word, because “ass” also has another commonly-used meaning of 尻. An “ass’s head” in the play, of course, is a costume resembling the head of a donkey.) to fix (something) on (something) = to securely put (something) on (something) unconscious of = not knowing a bower = a woman’s bedroom, a nice place under the branches of trees (Note: rare in modern English) a mistress = a young woman (Note: older English) to have wit = to be intelligent (Note: Today “wit” means intelligence, but it also especially means “humor”) I have enough to serve my turn = I will be satisfied (Note: old English) enamoured = in love I am a spirit of no common rate = I am not a normal fairy (Note: Old English) to hop = to jump lightly to gambol = to dance (Note: old English) amiable = pleasant, nice, friendly a courtship = trying to get a spouse, 求愛 to scratch = （かゆいところ）を掻く a humble bee = マルハナバチ　(Note: In modern English, it is called “a bumble bee”) a thistle = アサミ, a type of plant with sharp points on the flowers yonder = over there (Note: old English) to fret = to worry break not = doesn’t break (Note: old grammar) overflown = overburdened (Note: old English), ひっかぶる What is your will? = What would you like? (Note: old English) but = except, only a barber’s = 散髪屋 methinks = I think (Note: old English) marvelous hairy about = very hairy around venturous = brave, good at doing adventurous things a hoard = a pile of treasure (Note: In this case, the nuts which a squirrel hides in the ground) to fetch = to go, get, and bring back I had rather have = I would rather have (Note: old grammar) pease = えんどう豆 (Note: an old spelling of the modern “peas”) I have a mind to = I want to to wind = to wrap, 巻きつく (Note: the pronunciation is “waind”) to dote upon (someone) = to serve greatly (someone), 愛おしがる、甘やかす to reproach (someone) = to scold (someone), しかる with = for (Note: old English) to lavish favors upon (someone) = to do a lot for (someone) as = because crowned = covered, put on top like a crown to tease = いじめる、あれこれ言ってさせる、うるさくせがむ a page = a young personal servant (of a king) to take pity on (someone) = to feel sorry for (someone) a contrivance = a plan (Note: Usually scheming something evil) to recover (one’s) senses = to stop being crazy and to become normal to wonder at = to think about in surprise late = former a dotage = someone who is loved (Note: old English) to loathe = to hate the sight of = seeing to be reconciled = to become friends after fighting each other to relate to (someone) = to tell (someone) a grass-plot = a grassy piece of land to make amends for = to repair a relationship, to make up for (something bad), 埋め合わせをする to contrive = to plan, たくらむ utmost = the greatest, 最大の diligence = effort a charm = a spell, magic an antidote = a remedy to counter or stop something like a poison, 矯正手段、解読剤 an inconstancy = changeable, being unreliable (concerning love), disloyal, 浮気 (Note: rare in modern English) to recover (one’s) reason = to recover (one’s) senses bewildering = strange with delight = with happiness professions = exclamations, promises, declarations to perceive = to see, to think sincere = truthful fair = young and beautiful (Note: old English) to wander = to walk around to consult = to talk and get advice to have pretensions to = to claim to have、 to pretend to have to endeavor = to try to prevail upon (someone) = to convince or persuade (someone) to revoke = to take back or cancel, to pass a sentence = a judge makes a decision、判決 in pursuit of = in search of a consent = an approval to be condemned to = to be sentenced to (as punishment) faithful = 貞節な invisible = cannot be seen a spectator = someone who watches (a sports event, a play, etc.) a reconciliation = becoming friends after fighting each other the good offices of = the help of (Note: very formal English) to resolve to = to strongly decide to nuptials = wedding ceremonies revels = parties, noisy merrymaking (Note: British, or older English) to be offended = to be angry or not happy, 感情がそこなわれる pranks = mischievous doings, 悪ふざけ、いたずら pretty = rather, relatively Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Part 4 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Titania was still sleeping, and Oberon seeing a clown near her, who had lost his way in the wood, and was likewise asleep: “This fellow,” said he, “shall be my Titania’s true love;” and clapping an ass’s head over the clown’s, it seemed to fit him as well as if it had grown upon his own shoulders. Though Oberon fixed the ass’s head on very gently, it awakened him, and rising up, unconscious of what Oberon had done to him, he went towards the bower where the fairy queen slept. “Ah! what angel is that I see?” said Titania, opening her eyes, and the juice of the little purple flower beginning to take effect: “are you as wise as you are beautiful?” “Why, mistress,” said the foolish clown, “if I have wit enough to find the way out of this wood, I have enough to serve my turn.” “Out of the wood do not desire to go,” said the enamoured queen. “I am a spirit of no common rate. I love you. Go with me, and I will give you fairies to attend upon you.” She then called four of her fairies: their names were, Pease-blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard-seed. “Attend,” said the queen, “upon this sweet gentleman; hop in his walks, and gambol in his sight; feed him with grapes and apricots, and steal for him the honey-bags from the bees. Come, sit with me,” said she to the clown, “and let me play with your amiable hairy cheeks, my beautiful ass! and kiss your fair large ears, my gentle joy!” “Where is Pease-blossom?” said the ass-headed clown, not much regarding the fairy queen’s courtship, but very proud of his new attendants. “Here, sir,” said little Pease-blossom. “Scratch my head,” said the clown. “Where is Cobweb?” “Here, sir,” said Cobweb. “Good Mr. Cobweb,” said the foolish clown, “kill me the red humble bee on the top of that thistle yonder; and, good Mr. Cobweb, bring me the honey-bag. Do not fret yourself too much in the action, Mr. Cobweb, and take care the honey-bag break not; I should be sorry to have you overflown with a honey-bag. Where is Mustard-seed?” “Here, sir,” said Mustard-seed: “what is your will?” “Nothing,” said the clown, “good Mr. Mustard-seed, but to help Mr. Pease-blossom to scratch; I must go to a barber’s, Mr. Mustard-seed, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.” “My sweet love,” said the queen, “what will you have to eat? I have a venturous fairy shall seek the squirrel’s hoard, and fetch you some new nuts.” “I had rather have a handful of dried pease,” said the clown, who with his ass’s head had got an ass’s appetite. “But, I pray, let none of your people disturb me, for I have a mind to sleep.” “Sleep, then,” said the queen, “and I will wind you in my arms. O how I love you! how I dote upon you!” When the fairy king saw the clown sleeping in the arms of his queen, he advanced within her sight, and reproached her with having lavished her favours upon an ass. This she could not deny, as the clown was then sleeping within her arms, with his ass’s head crowned by her with flowers. When Oberon had teased her for some time, he again demanded the changeling boy; which she, ashamed of being discovered by her lord with her new favourite, did not dare to refuse him. Oberon, having thus obtained the little boy he had so long wished for to be his page, took pity on the disgraceful situation into which, by his merry contrivance, he had brought his Titania, and threw some of the juice of the other flower into her eyes; and the fairy queen immediately recovered her senses, and wondered at her late dotage, saying how she now loathed the sight of the strange monster. Oberon likewise took the ass’s head from off the clown, and left him to finish his nap with his own fool’s head upon his shoulders. Oberon and his Titania being now perfectly reconciled, he related to her the history of the lovers, and their midnight quarrels; and she agreed to go with him and see the end of their adventures. The fairy king and queen found the lovers and their fair ladies, at no great distance from each other, sleeping on a grass-plot; for Puck, to make amends for his former mistake, had contrived with the utmost diligence to bring them all to the same spot, unknown to each other; and he had carefully removed the charm from off the eyes of Lysander with the antidote the fairy king gave to him. Hermia first awoke, and finding her lost Lysander asleep so near her, was looking at him and wondering at his strange inconstancy. Lysander presently opening his eyes, and seeing his dear Hermia, recovered his reason which the fairy charm had before clouded, and with his reason, his love for Hermia; and they began to talk over the adventures of the night, doubting if these things had really happened, or if they had both been dreaming the same bewildering dream. Helena and Demetrius were by this time awake; and a sweet sleep having quieted Helena’s disturbed and angry spirits, she listened with delight to the professions of love which Demetrius still made to her, and which, to her surprise as well as pleasure, she began to perceive were sincere. These fair night-wandering ladies, now no longer rivals, became once more true friends; all the unkind words which had passed were forgiven, and they calmly consulted together what was best to be done in their present situation. It was soon agreed that, as Demetrius had given up his pretensions to Hermia, he should endeavour to prevail upon her father to revoke the cruel sentence of death which had been passed against her. Demetrius was preparing to return to Athens for this friendly purpose, when they were surprised with the sight of Egeus, Hermia’s father, who came to the wood in pursuit of his runaway daughter. When Egeus understood that Demetrius would not now marry his daughter, he no longer opposed her marriage with Lysander, but gave his consent that they should be wedded on the fourth day from that time, being the same day on which Hermia had been condemned to lose her life; and on that same day Helena joyfully agreed to marry her beloved and now faithful Demetrius. The fairy king and queen, who were invisible spectators of this reconciliation, and now saw the happy ending of the lovers’ history, brought about through the good offices of Oberon, received so much pleasure, that these kind spirits resolved to celebrate the approaching nuptials with sports and revels throughout their fairy kingdom. And now, if any are offended with this story of fairies and their pranks, as judging it incredible and strange, they have only to think that they have been asleep and dreaming, and that all these adventures were visions which they saw in their sleep: and I hope none of my readers will be so unreasonable as to be offended with a pretty harmless Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Download MP3 今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 今回お届けする作品はウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『夏の夜の夢』（A Midsummer Night's Dream）です。 舞台はギリシア・アテネ。好きではない男との政略結婚か、あるいは死か。そのどちらかの選択を父親に迫られた娘は、家を抜け出し、恋人の待つ森に出かけます。その娘の後を追いかけるのは…。 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。以前お届けした『ロミオとジュリエット』と同様に、シェイクスピアによるセリフを生かしながら、美しい英語で書かれています。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 　Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" PART 1 to compel = to force whomsoever they pleased = whoever they wanted for upon = and with the situation of (Note: older, formal English) to be empowered = to have the power to put (somebody) to death = to kill somebody legally (Note: Usually the government puts to death criminals) to happen to = to occur by chance to prove a little refractory = to be a bit resistant, not obeying to put (a law) in execution = to carry out or exercise a law, to do according to a law not unfrequently = frequently to reign = to have powers (like a king) a duke = a prince, 公爵 to put (a law) in force = to carry out or exercise a law, to do according to the law to plead = to strongly request in excuse = to make an excuse (Note: older, formal English) disobedience = not obeying formerly = before to profess (your) love for (someone) = to say that (you) love (someone) to love (someone) to distraction = to really really love someone an honorable reason = a good reason to move not = to not affect stern = strict, 厳しい merciful = 慈悲深い to alter = to change to be dismissed = to be told that (a person) can go peril = danger to be in great affliction = to be greatly troubled and unhappy evil tidings = wicked or cruel happenings or doings to recollect = to remember at some distance from = relatively far from to steal out of = to secretly go out of the wood = the forest, the woods (Note: In most English-speaking countries today, "woods" is much more often used than "wood".) without the city = outside the city (Note: old English) a flight = an escape but = except for a maiden = a young, unmarried woman ungenerously = without appreciation, in an unfriendly way to resolve to = to decide to to betray = 裏切る faithless = 不貞な, not faithful to go thither = to go there (Note: old English) a favorite haunt = a popular place for spending time (Example: "A game center is a favorite haunt of teenage boys.") a being = a living thing (Note: often used to refer to crazy things such as aliens) a fairy = a mythical being with magic powers a train of followers = a group of assistants revels = parties (Note: old English) a sprite = a little person, resembling a fairy or a ghost to quarrel = to argue, to have a disagreement elves = 小妖精たち (Note: the singular is "an elf". The word "elves" often is used to refer to Santa Clause's assistants: "Santa's elves".) to creep into = to go quietly into acorn-cups = the outside shell of a nut from an oak tree, similar to the outside shell of a どんぐり a changeling boy = a boy secretly exchanged for another as a baby (Note: old English) a nurse = a woman who gives breast milk to a baby who is not her own a maid of honor = an assistant to a queen (Note: Today the expression is usually used at weddings, as the bride's best female friend who helps the bride during the wedding.) to be attended by = to be accompanied and assisted by a courtier = an assistant to the king Ill met by moonlight... = It is unlucky or not good that we are meeting tonight (Note: old English) jealous = しっと深い skip hence = let's get out of here (Note: old English) I've foresworn his company = I've promised never to be with him. Tarry = Wait just a minute. (Note: old English) to be rash = 気の早い thy = your (Note: old English) to cross (someone) = to make (someone) angry a page = a king's assistant Set your heart at rest = Calm down of = from (Note: old English) a lord = a king to torment (someone) = 困らせる、悩ます an injury = hurting (someone) physically or psychologically Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Part 1 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased; for upon a daughter's refusing to marry the man her father had chosen to be her husband, the father was empowered by this law to cause her to be put to death; but as fathers do not often desire the death of their own daughters, even though they do happen to prove a little refractory, this law was seldom or never put in execution, though perhaps the young ladies of that city were not unfrequently threatened by their parents with the terrors of it. There was one instance, however, of an old man, whose name was Egeus, who actually did come before Theseus (at that time the reigning Duke of Athens), to complain that his daughter Hermia, whom he had commanded to marry Demetrius, a young man of a noble Athenian family, refused to obey him, because she loved another young Athenian, named Lysander. Egeus demanded justice of Theseus, and desired that this cruel law might be put in force against his daughter. Hermia pleaded in excuse for her disobedience, that Demetrius had formerly professed love for her dear friend Helena, and that Helena loved Demetrius to distraction; but this honourable reason, which Hermia gave for not obeying her father's command, moved not the stern Egeus. Theseus, though a great and merciful prince, had no power to alter the laws of his country; therefore, he could only give Hermia four days to consider of it: and at the end of that time, if she still refused to marry Demetrius, she was to be put to death. When Hermia was dismissed from the presence of the duke, she went to her lover Lysander, and told him the peril she was in, and that she must either give him up and marry Demetrius, or lose her life in four days. Lysander was in great affliction at hearing these evil tidings; but recollecting that he had an aunt who lived at some distance from Athens, and that at the place where she lived the cruel law could not be put in force against Hermia (this law not extending beyond the boundaries of the city), he proposed to Hermia that she should steal out of her father's house that night, and go with him to his aunt's house, where he would marry her. "I will meet you," said Lysander, "in the wood a few miles without the city; in that delightful wood where we have so often walked with Helena in the pleasant month of May." To this proposal Hermia joyfully agreed; and she told no one of her intended flight but her friend Helena. Helena (as maidens will do foolish things for love) very ungenerously resolved to go and tell this to Demetrius, though she could hope no benefit from betraying her friend's secret, but the poor pleasure of following her faithless lover to the wood; for she well knew that Demetrius would go thither in pursuit of Hermia. The wood, in which Lysander and Hermia proposed to meet was the favourite haunt of those little beings known by the name of Fairies. Oberon the king, and Titania the queen of the Fairies, with all their tiny train of followers, in this wood held their midnight revels. Between this little king and queen of sprites there happened, at this time, a sad disagreement; they never met by moonlight in the shady walks of this pleasant wood, but they were quarrelling, till all their fairy elves would creep into acorn-cups and hide themselves for fear. The cause of this unhappy disagreement was Titania's refusing to give Oberon a little changeling boy, whose mother had been Titania's friend; and upon her death the fairy queen stole the child from its nurse, and brought him up in the woods. The night on which the lovers were to meet in this wood, as Titania was walking with some of her maids of honour, she met Oberon attended by his train of fairy courtiers. "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania," said the fairy king. The queen replied, "What, jealous Oberon, is it you? Fairies, skip hence; I have forsworn his company." "Tarry, rash fairy," said Oberon; "am not I thy lord? Why does Titania cross her Oberon? Give me your little changeling boy to be my page." "Set your heart at rest," answered the queen; "your whole fairy kingdom buys not the boy of me." She then left her lord in great anger. "Well, go your way," said Oberon: "before the morning dawns I will torment you for this injury."

Download MP3 今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 今回お届けする作品はウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『夏の夜の夢』（A Midsummer Night's Dream）です。 舞台はギリシア・アテネ。好きではない男との政略結婚か、あるいは死か。そのどちらかの選択を父親に迫られた娘は、家を抜け出し、恋人の待つ森に出かけます。その娘の後を追いかけるのは…。 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。以前お届けした『ロミオとジュリエット』と同様に、シェイクスピアによるセリフを生かしながら、美しい英語で書かれています。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 　Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" PART 1 to compel = to force whomsoever they pleased = whoever they wanted for upon = and with the situation of (Note: older, formal English) to be empowered = to have the power to put (somebody) to death = to kill somebody legally (Note: Usually the government puts to death criminals) to happen to = to occur by chance to prove a little refractory = to be a bit resistant, not obeying to put (a law) in execution = to carry out or exercise a law, to do according to a law not unfrequently = frequently to reign = to have powers (like a king) a duke = a prince, 公爵 to put (a law) in force = to carry out or exercise a law, to do according to the law to plead = to strongly request in excuse = to make an excuse (Note: older, formal English) disobedience = not obeying formerly = before to profess (your) love for (someone) = to say that (you) love (someone) to love (someone) to distraction = to really really love someone an honorable reason = a good reason to move not = to not affect stern = strict, 厳しい merciful = 慈悲深い to alter = to change to be dismissed = to be told that (a person) can go peril = danger to be in great affliction = to be greatly troubled and unhappy evil tidings = wicked or cruel happenings or doings to recollect = to remember at some distance from = relatively far from to steal out of = to secretly go out of the wood = the forest, the woods (Note: In most English-speaking countries today, "woods" is much more often used than "wood".) without the city = outside the city (Note: old English) a flight = an escape but = except for a maiden = a young, unmarried woman ungenerously = without appreciation, in an unfriendly way to resolve to = to decide to to betray = 裏切る faithless = 不貞な, not faithful to go thither = to go there (Note: old English) a favorite haunt = a popular place for spending time (Example: "A game center is a favorite haunt of teenage boys.") a being = a living thing (Note: often used to refer to crazy things such as aliens) a fairy = a mythical being with magic powers a train of followers = a group of assistants revels = parties (Note: old English) a sprite = a little person, resembling a fairy or a ghost to quarrel = to argue, to have a disagreement elves = 小妖精たち (Note: the singular is "an elf". The word "elves" often is used to refer to Santa Clause's assistants: "Santa's elves".) to creep into = to go quietly into acorn-cups = the outside shell of a nut from an oak tree, similar to the outside shell of a どんぐり a changeling boy = a boy secretly exchanged for another as a baby (Note: old English) a nurse = a woman who gives breast milk to a baby who is not her own a maid of honor = an assistant to a queen (Note: Today the expression is usually used at weddings, as the bride's best female friend who helps the bride during the wedding.) to be attended by = to be accompanied and assisted by a courtier = an assistant to the king Ill met by moonlight... = It is unlucky or not good that we are meeting tonight (Note: old English) jealous = しっと深い skip hence = let's get out of here (Note: old English) I've foresworn his company = I've promised never to be with him. Tarry = Wait just a minute. (Note: old English) to be rash = 気の早い thy = your (Note: old English) to cross (someone) = to make (someone) angry a page = a king's assistant Set your heart at rest = Calm down of = from (Note: old English) a lord = a king to torment (someone) = 困らせる、悩ます an injury = hurting (someone) physically or psychologically Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Part 1 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased; for upon a daughter's refusing to marry the man her father had chosen to be her husband, the father was empowered by this law to cause her to be put to death; but as fathers do not often desire the death of their own daughters, even though they do happen to prove a little refractory, this law was seldom or never put in execution, though perhaps the young ladies of that city were not unfrequently threatened by their parents with the terrors of it. There was one instance, however, of an old man, whose name was Egeus, who actually did come before Theseus (at that time the reigning Duke of Athens), to complain that his daughter Hermia, whom he had commanded to marry Demetrius, a young man of a noble Athenian family, refused to obey him, because she loved another young Athenian, named Lysander. Egeus demanded justice of Theseus, and desired that this cruel law might be put in force against his daughter. Hermia pleaded in excuse for her disobedience, that Demetrius had formerly professed love for her dear friend Helena, and that Helena loved Demetrius to distraction; but this honourable reason, which Hermia gave for not obeying her father's command, moved not the stern Egeus. Theseus, though a great and merciful prince, had no power to alter the laws of his country; therefore, he could only give Hermia four days to consider of it: and at the end of that time, if she still refused to marry Demetrius, she was to be put to death. When Hermia was dismissed from the presence of the duke, she went to her lover Lysander, and told him the peril she was in, and that she must either give him up and marry Demetrius, or lose her life in four days. Lysander was in great affliction at hearing these evil tidings; but recollecting that he had an aunt who lived at some distance from Athens, and that at the place where she lived the cruel law could not be put in force against Hermia (this law not extending beyond the boundaries of the city), he proposed to Hermia that she should steal out of her father's house that night, and go with him to his aunt's house, where he would marry her. "I will meet you," said Lysander, "in the wood a few miles without the city; in that delightful wood where we have so often walked with Helena in the pleasant month of May." To this proposal Hermia joyfully agreed; and she told no one of her intended flight but her friend Helena. Helena (as maidens will do foolish things for love) very ungenerously resolved to go and tell this to Demetrius, though she could hope no benefit from betraying her friend's secret, but the poor pleasure of following her faithless lover to the wood; for she well knew that Demetrius would go thither in pursuit of Hermia. The wood, in which Lysander and Hermia proposed to meet was the favourite haunt of those little beings known by the name of Fairies. Oberon the king, and Titania the queen of the Fairies, with all their tiny train of followers, in this wood held their midnight revels. Between this little king and queen of sprites there happened, at this time, a sad disagreement; they never met by moonlight in the shady walks of this pleasant wood, but they were quarrelling, till all their fairy elves would creep into acorn-cups and hide themselves for fear. The cause of this unhappy disagreement was Titania's refusing to give Oberon a little changeling boy, whose mother had been Titania's friend; and upon her death the fairy queen stole the child from its nurse, and brought him up in the woods. The night on which the lovers were to meet in this wood, as Titania was walking with some of her maids of honour, she met Oberon attended by his train of fairy courtiers. "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania," said the fairy king. The queen replied, "What, jealous Oberon, is it you? Fairies, skip hence; I have forsworn his company." "Tarry, rash fairy," said Oberon; "am not I thy lord? Why does Titania cross her Oberon? Give me your little changeling boy to be my page." "Set your heart at rest," answered the queen; "your whole fairy kingdom buys not the boy of me." She then left her lord in great anger. "Well, go your way," said Oberon: "before the morning dawns I will torment you for this injury."

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By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey’s head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What’s going on here? It’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest are Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with one another. At Oberon’s behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love with Helena — oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. In the meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puck gives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at all odd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom and the rest “perform” their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puck assures us the whole thing has been a dream. Number of quotes you know: 5 (what fools these mortals be). Useful insults: 19. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Cast: Theseus, Duke of Athens – Mark F. Smith Egeus, father to Hermia; and Snout, a tinker – John Lieder Lysander, in love with Hermia – mb Demetrius, in love with Hermia – David O’Connell Philostrate, master of the revels – Philippa Quince, a carpenter – Brian Edwards Snug, a joiner – Elizabeth Klett Bottom, a weaver – Simon Taylor Flute, a bellows-mender – David Nicol Starveling, a tailor – Jessica Miller Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons – Cori Samuel Hermia, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander – Laurie Anne Walden Helena, in love with Demetrius – Rosalind Wills Oberon, king of the fairies – Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit Titania, queen of the fairies – Deborah Irving Puck, or Robin Goodfellow – Karen Savage Peaseblossom – Larysa Jaworski Cobweb – Charlene V. Smith Moth – Alana Jordan Mustardseed – Jamie Ash Young Stage directions – Paul Williams Fairy song composed by Rosalind Wills; performed by Rosalind Wills and Larysa Jaworski Audio edited by Cori Samuel and Laurie Anne Walden http://www.audioowl.com/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare