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(I don’t know if it posted the first time so I reposted it. If there are two copies please let me know and I’ll delete one lol)
From reading the play it seemed to me that Peter was very stern and straightforward. He seemed like he wanted to do what was done and make sure that no rules, such as roaring too loudly were broken. He also seemed like he was very monotone. When making the joke about the French crowns and syphilis, it did not seem like a joke in the script, because it was cut off so quickly by the dash and went right back into talking about the rehearsals of the play.
In the Bennett version, this Peter Quince was closer to what I imagined, however they made the character seem more on edge. When Bottom kept interrupting Peter, you could tell that the character was not having it and wanted to finish with the rest of the assignments. On the other hand, in the Dromgoole version Peter was more tolerant of Bottom. Although the camera mainly focused on Bottom when he was interrupting Peter, if you look in the background at Peter’s reactions, he was allowing Bottom to have his words and was going more along with the flow. In Bennett, Peter just wanted Bottom to stop talking.
In the Dromgoole version, Peter was also a lot more energetic and had a comedic element. This caused me to think of him as now my favorite character. If I did not watch this version, and solely based my opinion on the Bennett version I would not like Peter. Lastly, both of these interpretations can be based on Act 1, Scene 2 Lines 35- 39 where Peter states “ You can play no part but Pyramus. For Pyramus is a sweet-faced man, a proper man as one shall see in a summer’s day, a most lovely, gentlemanlike man. Therefore you must needs play Pyramus.” In the Bennett version Peter pulls Bottom aside to tell him these words while in Dromgoole, Peter is yelling it through a door in a not as serious tone. He is saying it as though he is desperate for Bottom to play the part of Pyramus, but knows that he is going to do it regardless.
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I’m so glad you chose Quince! He’s overlooked so frequently because he’s not the flashiest, but if there’s ever a double for Shakespeare, it’s Quince (Shakespeare is a playwright from a non-aristocratic background and so is Quince).
I think you’re grammatical observations are interesting. A dash doesn’t always mean to me being cut off—probably because I use them often! For me it means something that I otherwise would put into parenthesis (which I also use often). But your analysis shows how important grammar can be to interpretation!
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