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This bizarre title is the title of the play written and performed by the "rude mechanicals" in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
It is a play written and performed by some amateur actors in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream; a play within a play. It is, as the title shows, laughably bad.
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The characters are:Pyramus: Handsome youth of Babylon who falls in love with his neighbor, Thisbe.Thisbe: Beautiful young girl of Babylon who returns Pyramus' love.Parents of Pyramus and Thisbe: They oppose a relationship between Pyramus and Thisbe for reasons not explained in the story. The parents play no active role in the story.
The name of the play isThe Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe
Lamentable Comedy is what the players call Pyramus and Thisbe in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It doesn't have a sensible meaning; the players are not very bright. Lamentable means sorrowful, so it should really be called a tragedy.
This bizarre title is the title of the play written and performed by the "rude mechanicals" in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
"The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe"
It is a play written and performed by some amateur actors in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream; a play within a play. It is, as the title shows, laughably bad.
The story of Pyramus and Thisbe was told by Ovid.
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Thisbe
Thisbe
The wife of Pyramus
The cast of Thisbe and Pyramus - 2005 includes: Billy Sharff