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Perchance to Dream

by Lisa Mantchev · 2010

Act Two, Scene One Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the Players and their parts, but she didn't know that she, too, had… more

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Words are like the delicate stitches in the dress you wear, holding the fabric of the garmet together. Without them, the dress and the world are nothing but barren cloth
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want of pie.
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Apologize at once, or feel the wrath of my toothpick!
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There was no slipper, nor spinning wheel, nor true love's first kiss. This was not a fairy tale with a happily ever after.
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Bertie, the boys are trying to eat my boyfriend!' - Peaseblossom
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Seek out the company of those who will never ask you to jump," the earth advised. Bertie remembered the rush of feathers as she soared above the audience. "I can catch myself." "Of those whose love will never fill your lungs with water-" the earth argued. "But it did not kill me." "there should be more to love," said the earth, "than 'it did not kill me.' More than 'I survived it.
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There should be more to love," said the earth, "than 'it did not kill me.' More than 'I survived it.
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And you can call me Bertie. Unexpected use of Beatrice makes me think I'm in trouble.
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A blind man could see that man would die for you, but that doesn't mean you won't die alongside him.
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PEASEBLOSSOM A gloaming peace this evening with it brings In the countryside where we lay our scene Toad-ballad accompan'd, crickets sing, and cupcake crumbs make fairy hands unclean. An indignant Moth squeaked, "There were cupcakes?!
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How can she create with all your negative energy?" "Yeah, man. You're bringing us down." "This is about as low as it gets," Ariel said. "Where did you get those ridiculous black berets?" Moth adjusted his recently donned beatnik attire. "This is what the hip cats wear , daddy-o." "Can you dig it?" Cobweb stroked a few wisps of fake chin hair, while the others nodded and snapped their fingers.
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I know I'm supposed to be the new Mistress of Revels! But that doesn't mean I have pockets full of muffins!
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Say ye love me.Even if its not true, let me keep th' words. -Nate to Bertie Tell me you love me, at least as much as you love him. -Ariel to Bertie
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Won't SOMEONE think of the PUDDING?
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There is a Beatrice who exists beyond the obligations of a daughter, outside the object of man's affections.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged," Mustardseed said, flying in lazy loops like an intoxicated bumblebee, "that a fairy in possession of a good appetite must be in want of pie.
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The moment you tire of my company, we'll part ways.
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When everything else crumbles to dust, all we have left are the memories. I thought of Ophelia, wandering the theater, mind half gone...Never shall I cut from memory my sweet love's beauty.
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Ariel spoke Tybalt's line: "'Have at thee, coward!'" "Save yer breath for a pretty death rattle.
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her spine was the crease on a piece of paper, her bones no more than diagonal folds on a bit of origami
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The water and the wind will wear the wood down, until only water and wind remain.
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Are you chasing a wandering star? A dream? A woman? An idea?
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Act Two, Scene One Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the Players and their parts, but she didn't know that she, too, had magic. Now, she is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales, and is determined to follow her stars. She is ready for the outside world.

Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY But the outside world soon proves more topsy-turvy than any stage production. Bertie can make things happen by writing them, but outside the protective walls of the Thèâtre, nothing goes as planned. And her magic cannot help her make a decision between -

NATE: Her suave and swashbuckling pirate, now in mortal peril.

ARIEL: A brooding, yet seductive, air spirit whose true motives remain unclear.

When Nate is kidnapped and taken prisoner by the Sea Goddess, only Bertie can free him. Bertie's dream

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First published
2010
Genre
Fantasy
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3.92 (5k ratings)

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