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Q: Shakespeare ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Shakespeare
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: plurie-ga
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Posted: 28 Jul 2002 15:38 PDT
Expires: 27 Aug 2002 15:38 PDT
Question ID: 46232
Is there a line from Midsummer's night similar to If love be the music
of life, play on.
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Subject: Re: Shakespeare
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 28 Jul 2002 16:12 PDT
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Hello Plurie-ga,


Thank you for your question.


The line you are referring to is “If music be the food of love, play
on” from one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies “Twelfth Night.”


A summary of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Sparknotes Website
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/section1.html


“Early in Twelfth Night, Orsino speaks the famous line, "If music be
the food of love, play on!" He says he wants to hear music because an
"excess" of it may kill his "appetite" for love. However, you'd be
right to suspect he also gets pleasure from the music because it
reminds him of his beloved Olivia.”
Fineline Features Website
http://www.finelinefeatures.com/twelfth/guide.htm


Additional Information:


A plaintext version of this play is available here: 
http://www.gh.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/texts/comedies/twelfthnight


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I hope you find this helpful.


Best regards,

Bobbie7-ga
plurie-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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