Tom Snout - Wikipedia Tom Snout Tom Snout ( background ) playing Wall in a Riverside Shakespeare Company production Tom Snout is a character in William Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream. He is a tinker, and one of the `` mechanicals '' of Athens, amateur players in Pyramus and Thisbe, a play within the play. In the play - within - a-play, Tom Snout plays the wall which separates Pyramus ' and Thisbe 's gardens. In Pyramus and Thisbe, the two lovers whisper to each other through Snout 's fingers ( representing a chink in the wall ). Snout has eight lines under the name of Tom Snout, and two lines as The Wall. He is the Wall for Act V - Scene 1. Tom Snout was originally set to play Pyramus 's father, but the need for a wall was greater, so he discharged The Wall. Snout is often portrayed as a reluctant actor and very frightened, but the other mechanicals ( except Bottom and Quince ) are usually much more frightened than Tom Snout. Snout 's name, like that of the other mechanicals, is metonymical and derives from his craft : `` Snout '' means a nozzle or a spout, a feature of the kettles a tinker often mends. References Jump up ^ Brooks 1979. ^ Jump up to : Blits 2003, p. 43. Sources Blits, Jan H. ( 2003 ). The Soul of Athens : Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739106532. Brooks, Harold, ed. ( 1979 ). A Midsummer Night 's Dream. The Arden Shakespeare, second series. London : Bloomsbury Publishing. doi : 10.5040 / 9781408188095.00000022. ISBN 9781408188095 -- via Drama Online Library. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). William Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream Characters Lovers Theseus and Hippolyta Oberon and Titania Hermia and Lysander Helena and Demetrius Mechanicals Nick Bottom Peter Quince Francis Flute Robin Starveling Tom Snout Snug Other characters Puck Egeus Philostrate Film 1909 1935 1959 1968 1999 Television 1969 1980 2016 Stage A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( 1970, play ) The Park ( 1983, play ) The Donkey Show ( 1999, musical ) The Dreaming ( 2001, musical ) Ballet A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( 1962 ) The Dream ( 1964 ) Opera The Fairy - Queen ( 1692 ) Pyramus and Thisbe ( 1745 ) Puck ( 1949 ) A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( 1960, opera ) The Enchanted Island ( 2011 ) Film adaptations Wood Love ( 1925 ) Dream of a Summer Night ( 1983 ) Get Over It ( 2001 ) A Midsummer Night 's Rave ( 2002 ) Midsummer Dream ( 2005 ) Were the World Mine ( 2008 ) Strange Magic ( 2015 ) Other adaptations The Triumph of Beauty ( 1646 ) St. John 's Eve ( 1852 ) `` Fascination '' ( 1994 ) Literature A Midsummer Tempest ( 1974 ) A Midsummer Night 's Gene ( 1997 ) A Midsummer 's Nightmare ( 1997 ) Lords and Ladies ( 1992 ) The Great Night ( 2011 ) Comics Auberon Faerie Titania Music A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( 1842, Mendelssohn ) Wedding March ( 1842, Mendelssohn ) Three Shakespeare Songs ( 1951 ) Symphony No. 8 ( 1992, Henze ) Il Sogno ( 2004 ) Art Hermia and Lysander The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania Scene from A Midsummer Night 's Dream Related The Sandman : Dream Country ( 1991 ) Pyramus and Thisbe Mechanical Love - in - idleness The Apartment ( 1996 ) Wicker Park ( 2004 ) This article about a literature character is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Snout&oldid=826248620 '' Categories : Fictional artisans Fictional actors Male Shakespearean characters Characters in A Midsummer Night 's Dream Fictional characters introduced in 1596 Fictional Greek people Literary character stubs Hidden categories : Pages containing links to subscription - only content All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 18 February 2018, at 02 : 23. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who does snout play in pyramus and thisbe
Answer: one of the "mechanicals" of Athens, amateur players