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Template:RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
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Usage

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from the version of William Shakespeare's work A Midsummer Night's Dream published in the First Folio (1623). The template creates a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

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The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1= or |act= – mandatory: the act number of the play quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
  • |2= or |scene= – mandatory: the scene number of the play quoted from in lowercase Roman numerals. As the act and scene numbers in the original play may differ from those in modern editions, look up the act and scene numbers from a modern edition of the play.
  • |3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) of the work. Note that page 153 is incorrectly numbered as page 151; specify “153”. If using |pages= to quote a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=145–146.
    • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
  • |4= or |column=, or |columns= – the column number(s) to be quoted from in Arabic numerals, either |column=1 or |column=2. When referring to a passage that spans both columns, either omit this parameter or separate the column numbers with an en dash like this: |columns=1–2.
  • |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) to be quoted, from a modern edition of the play.
  • |5=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
  • |6=, |t=, or |translation= – a translation of the passage quoted.
  • |footer= – a comment about the passage.
  • |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

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  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|act=III|scene=i|page=151|column=2|passage=''Bot''[''tom'']. There are things in this Comedy of ''Piramus'' and ''Thisby'', that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, ''Piramus'' muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladies cannot abide. How anſwere you that? / ''Snout.'' Berlaken, a '''parlous''' feare.|translation=''Bottom.'' There are things in this comedy of ''{{w|Pyramus and Thisbe}}'' that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / ''Snout.'' By our Lady, a '''dire''' problem.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|III|i|151|2|''Bot''[''tom'']. There are things in this Comedy of ''Piramus'' and ''Thisby'', that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, ''Piramus'' muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladies cannot abide. How anſwere you that? / ''Snout.'' Berlaken, a '''parlous''' feare.|''Bottom.'' There are things in this comedy of ''{{w|Pyramus and Thisbe}}'' that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / ''Snout.'' By our Lady, a '''dire''' problem.}}
  • Result:
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 151, column 2:
      Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladies cannot abide. How anſwere you that? / Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.
      Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Snout. By our Lady, a dire problem.

See also

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v • d • e
Works by William Shakespeare
Comedies
{{RQ:Fletcher Shakespeare Two Noble Kinsmen}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare All's Well}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Comedy of Errors}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost}} ({{RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Q1}}) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Measure}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice}} ({{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice Q1}}) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives}} ({{RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives Q1}}) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer}} ({{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer Q1}}) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing}} ({{RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Q}}) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Pericles}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale}}
Histories
Tragedies
Other plays
{{RQ:Munday et al Thomas More}} (contains contributions attributed to Shakespeare) · {{RQ:Theobald Double Falshood}} (thought to be based on the lost play The History of Cardenio by Shakespeare and John Fletcher)
Poetry
{{RQ:Passionate Pilgrime}} (contains some Shakespeare poems) · {{RQ:Shakespeare Lucrece}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Sonnets}} · {{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis}}

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