The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
SHAKESPEARE AT WORK.
How Tie May Have Conceived .r,.
Midst mcr Niuht.s urc,,..

AS | read the play and seek m dfy,.,
its process OF construction. vrfos 81
Arthur Quiller-couch in ia. ~,
American Rcrtcw in telling how Sh,Lo
speare may ave conceived "Th. Ma
summer Nights Dream" | SEEN ma
tho reader must take this f., .na, a,
is worth-to see Shakespcare's r,d
Working somewhat as follows.
lie turns over his repertnry Of mn, ~.
and takes stock.
"Lyly's model has had its day. and Oh,
bloom Is OFT II ! must not rcp... Ga.
experiment OF Loves Lahours Lac,
have shown that can 40
great things with mistaken Identity. an,
cannot possibly express the fIY a,
that further than | did IN The Corodr
OF Errors and the FUN there Wa clr,,r
but u trifie hard, " not iuhuman -.
Bat t~re is n wedding . u.do,,v
should be human a wedding calls IN,
poetry-and | long to III a plty win
poetry. tFor | can write poctr, Lon
at Venus II Adonis' y SIN
mistaken Identity Is "A trick | know
trick in which | am known to sbins
II ! could only make II poet.
ical A pair Of lovers" For m,,,aksr
Identity that means two pairs Of lovers
Yet. steady We must no, mako
1t farcical Il was all very well 10 max.
wives mistake their husbands. Tina IA,
been funny ever since the world began
that is as ancient as CockOldv. o. al.
most. But this is a wcdd ne piay "a
the sentiment must be fresh. I.o,o,
are not so easily mistaken as wives ana
husbands-o ought not To bc--in
poetry.
II like. too'-we fancy the ,opos
dramatist continuing-"that si,i,tnn
of the scorned lady following her sweet.
heart. did not quite bring ,
of in The Two Gentlemen Of Ncror,'.
but IL is none the less a good situation
and | must use ii again. 49, h,ep
mistaking one another
scorned lady following the sr,l 4,
wandering through 2 wood 10,
by night this play has TO he WI 'p
for a bridal eve. \ nig-I nat
lorers-a summers nlght-a
summers night-dewy thicke,s
o The moon WI 10 n.
course. the moon Pitch darkness 3. ..,,
tragedy. moonlight for softer illu -.
Lovers can he pardonably mIst,k.
under the moon. what ne
sides happens on a summers ni.tt wa
a woodland, under the moon" and
"Eh" ON, by Hcay, are
Fairies! Real warwickshiro fair. O.,
Fairies full OF mischicf-Robin Go -,
fellow and he rest. Don't | know at-
thcm' Fairies fun Of miscnicf-ai.
for a wedding tooi
Fairies, artiicers, and ministers Of
all Illusion . the fairy ointment,
philters. pranks. the little western
flower These and wandering lovers. a
mistress scorncd-why. We scarce,v need
the moon, after all"
Thcn-for the mans fancy move,
started to work hut It strtgl'N,v
tecmpl-Np can watch Il, ,p.rf,r an,
new alleys Of fun. weaving fresh lol-
cacIes upon this central invcrt.or "tiov.
Tor "A tangle. TO get one ~ the fares
caught in the web they spin" Wy uo,
even the fairy queen herself
Yes but the mortal she falls 10 Vtfa7
Shall he he one of tho lovers '''
Well. TO say truth. | haven't vet gwen
n particular ~charaCter to these lovers
The ahsolut" jest would bee 80 bring
opposite extremes INTO the Illus o.. 20
axe Queen Nab do,e on A gross clown
All very well. but ! harcut ,ry
clowns The answer to tat
seems simple II | haven't ought 10
nave. stay | have h,,u .r.-
getting the iniciludr all this Vhis V,
must have IN int.rlude our .r'.~uG,
in Loves Labour's Lost proved the ME-.
ing OF the play. $50 Now sIpp0ee
We make a set Of clowns perform '..
int"r.ude. as In Loves l.ahrlrs I.u,,.
and get them chased by the fairies will,
they are relcarsing7 Gross 'i-,h t.'
"oSstmer-tnat'S an idea II caHno'
use II now certainly Will spTr dnF
Bu | ran use II now Wat O.,
That sto!N iu ovid about Midas arI ',
ass ears" or am / confusing Q Wit
another stury-which | read ir, u'H~
dav in that book about VT. '---,f Oh
man transformed into an t~s"'