Act 5, Scene 1 - Video Performance: Bottom, Lines 285-300

Bottom, Lines 285-300

Performance Videos

Act 5,

Scene 1

Lines 285-300

A performance of lines 285-300 by Bottom in Act 5, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Bottom Lines 285-300

O wherefore, nature, didst thou lions frame,

Since lion vile hath here deflowered my dear? —

Which is —

[Bottom is subtly interrupted by Quince who mouths something to him]

no, no, which was the fairest dame

That lived, that loved, that liked, that looked with cheer.

Come tears, confound.

Out sword, and wound

The pap of Pyramus.

Ay, that left pap,

Where heart doth hop.

Thus die I: thus, thus, thus.

[He stabs himself]

Now am I dead,

Now am I fled,

My soul is in the sky.

Tongue, lose thy light;

Moon, take thy flight.

[Exit Moonshine]

Now die, die, die, die, die.