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Peter Quince is a character immortalized in William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. He is one of the six mechanicals of Athens who perform the play which Quince himself authored, "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe" for the Duke Theseus and his wife Hippolyta at their wedding. Oberon's Fairies also watch from a distance: Moth, Peaseblossom, Cobweb and Mustardseed. His name is derived from "quines" or "quoins", which are wooden wedges used by carpenters. ==Playwriting== Quince's amateurish playwriting is usually taken to be a parody of the popular mystery plays of the pre-Elizabethan era, which were also produced by craftspeople.〔Louis Adrian Montrose, ''The purpose of playing: Shakespeare and the cultural politics of the Elizabethan theatre'', University of Chicago Press, 1996, p.185.〕 His metrical preferences refer to vernacular ballads. Despite Quince's obvious shortcomings as a writer, Stanley Wells argues that he partly resembles Shakespeare himself. Both are from a craftsmanly background, both work quickly and both take secondary roles in their own plays.〔Stanley W. Wells, ''Shakespeare and the Elizabethans'', Cambridge University Press, 1990, p.60-63.〕 Robert Leach makes the same point.〔Robert Leach, ''Theatre studies: the basics'', Routledge, 2008, p.119.〕 The play itself spoofs Shakespeare's own ''Romeo and Juliet'', written earlier. In performing the play Quince recites the prologue but struggles to fit his lines into the meter and make the rhymes. The noble audience makes jocular comments, whilst the rest of the mechanicals struggle (all except Bottom, who rather confidently improvises). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Quince」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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