Pyramus and Thisbe

The scene breakdown below is given from the edition by Peter Holman, 1995.

‘Are the properties and everything ready for the performance?’ - Master, Prompter, Semibrief, 1st Gentleman

‘If we offend, it is with our good will’ - Prologue, 1st Gent, 2nd Gent

Overture

‘Who comes here?’ - 1st Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘In this same interlude’ - Wall

The Wall’s Song 'The Wretched Sighs And Groans' - Wall

‘Who would desire lime and hair to sing better?’ - 2nd Gent, 1st Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘O grim-looked night’ - Pyramus

Aria 'And Thou, O Wall' - Pyramus

Recitative ‘Thanks, courteous wall’ - Pyramus

Aria 'O Wicked Wall' - Pyramus

‘The wall methinks, being sensible, should curse again’ - 1st Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘The promised joys that lovers feel’ - Thisbe

Aria 'Fly, Swift Good Time' - Thisbe

‘O Wall, full often hast thou heard’ - Thisbe, Pyramus

Whispering Duet 'Not Shafalus to Procrus’ - Thisbe, Pyramus

Recitative ‘O kiss me through the hole of this vile wall’ - Pyramus, Thisbe

Duet 'I Go Without Delay' - Pyramus, Thisbe

Recitative ‘Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so’ - Wall

‘Now is the mural down between the two neighbours’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘You ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear’ - Lion

Aria 'Ladies Don't Fright You' - Lion

‘A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘This lanthorn doth the horned Moon present’ - Moon, 2nd Gent, 1st Gent

Aria 'The Man In The Moon I Am, Sir' - Moon

‘I am weary of this moon’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Moon

Recitative ‘This is old Ninny’s tomb’ - Thisbe

Aria 'Where Is My Love, My Pyre Dear' - Thisbe

‘O! O! O! O!’ - Lion, Thisbe, 1st Gent, 2nd Gent

Arioso 'Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee' - Pyramus

Recitative ‘But stay, O spite!’ - Pyramus

Aria 'Approach, Ye Furies Fell' - Pyramus

‘This passion - and the death of a dear friend’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Semibrief

‘Recitative ‘O wherefore, nature, didst thou lions frame’ - Pyramus

Arioso ‘Come tears, confound’ - Pyramus

Aria 'Now I Am Dead' - Pyramus

‘So, there’s an end of Pyramus’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Semibrief

Recitative ‘Asleep, my love?’ - Thisbe

Aria 'These Lily Lips' - Thisbe

‘Moonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead’ - 1st Gent, 2nd Gent, Semibrief

Dance

Epilogue, Recitative ‘Gentlemen and ladies, we’ve a boon to ask’ - Pyramus, Thisbe

Duet 'Thus Folding, Beholding' - Pyramus, Thisbe

Chorus ‘Now, e’er you remove’ - Tutti

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.