indeed let him name his name, and tell them
plainly he is Snug the joiner.48
Quin. Well, it shall be so. But there is two
hard things, that is, to bring the moonlight
into a chamber; for, you know, Pyramus and
Thisby meet by moonlight.52
Snug. Doth the moon shine that night we
play our play?
Bot. A calendar, a calendar! look in the
almanac; find out moonshine, find out moon-
shine.57
Quin. Yes, it doth shine that night.
Bot. Why, then may you leave a casement
of the great chamber-window, where we play,
open; and the moon may shine in at the case-
ment.62
Quin. Ay; or else one must come in with a
bush of thorns and a lantern, and say he comes
to disfigure, or to present, the person of Moon-
shine. Then, there is another thing: we must
have a wall in the great chamber; for Pyramus
and Thisby, says the story, did talk through the
chink of a wall.69
Snug. You can never bring in a wall. What
say you, Bottom?
Bot. Some man or other must present Wall;
and let him have some plaster, or some loam, or
some rough-cast about him, to signify wall; and
let him hold his fingers thus, and through that
cranny shall Pyramus and Thisby whisper.76
Quin. If that may be, then all is well. Come,
sit down, every mother's son, and rehearse your
parts. Pyramus, you begin: when you have
64 bush of thorns; cf. n.
