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662:Theseus
569:Related
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155:Macbeth
51:c. 1790
1356:(2004)
1348:(1996)
1340:(1989)
1332:(8 CE)
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1262:(1964)
1254:(1962)
1243:Ballet
1190:Faerie
1181:(1991)
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680:Hermia
671:Oberon
655:Lovers
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