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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
<play:PlayType xmlns:play="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/teneo/samples/emf/sample/play" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream" sceneDescription="SCENE  Athens, and a wood near it." playSubTitle="A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM">
  <fm>
    <p>Text placed in the public domain by Moby Lexical Tools, 1992.</p>
    <p>SGML markup by Jon Bosak, 1992-1994.</p>
    <p>XML version by Jon Bosak, 1996-1998.</p>
    <p>Altered slightly by Bryan Dollery, 2003, for inclusion in an article on XML parsing in Java. Published in DevX (www.devx.com) in February 2003</p>
    <p>This work may be freely copied and distributed worldwide.</p>
  </fm>
  <personae>
    <title>Dramatis Personae</title>
    <persona>THESEUS, Duke of Athens.</persona>
    <persona>EGEUS, father to Hermia.</persona>
    <personaGroup groupDescription="in love with Hermia.">
      <persona>LYSANDER</persona>
      <persona>DEMETRIUS</persona>
    </personaGroup>
    <persona>PHILOSTRATE, master of the revels to Theseus.</persona>
    <persona>QUINCE, a carpenter.</persona>
    <persona>SNUG, a joiner.</persona>
    <persona>BOTTOM, a weaver.</persona>
    <persona>FLUTE, a bellows-mender.</persona>
    <persona>SNOUT, a tinker.</persona>
    <persona>STARVELING, a tailor.</persona>
    <persona>HIPPOLYTA, queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus.</persona>
    <persona>HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander.</persona>
    <persona>HELENA, in love with Demetrius.</persona>
    <persona>OBERON, king of the fairies.</persona>
    <persona>TITANIA, queen of the fairies.</persona>
    <persona>PUCK, or Robin Goodfellow.</persona>
    <personaGroup groupDescription="fairies.">
      <persona>PEASEBLOSSOM</persona>
      <persona>COBWEB</persona>
      <persona>MOTH</persona>
      <persona>MUSTARDSEED</persona>
    </personaGroup>
    <persona>Other fairies attending their King and Queen.</persona>
    <persona>Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta.</persona>
  </personae>
  <act pindex="1" title="I">
    <scene pindex="1" title="SCENE I.  Athens. The palace of THESEUS.">
      <stageDirections>Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants</stageDirections>
      <speech>
        <speaker>THESEUS</speaker>
        <line>Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour</line>
      </speech>
	</scene>
  </act>
</play:PlayType>

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