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Movies A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wood Love, Table for Three, Opening Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Played by Sam Rockwell, Joe E Brown, Wilhelm Bendow, Stephen Moore, Ally Rose Similar Robin Starveling, Tom Snout, Snug, Peter Quince, Nick Bottom | ||
Francis Flute is a character from Athens in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. His occupation is a bellows-mender. He is forced to play the female role of Thisbe in "Pyramus and Thisbe", a play within the play which is performed for Theseus' marriage celebration.
In the play Flute (Thisbe) speaks through the wall (Tom Snout) to Pyramus (Nick Bottom).
Flute is a young, excited actor who is disappointed when he finds he is meant to play a woman (Thisbe) in their interlude before the duke and the duchess. He generally is portrayed using a falsetto voice. He is an unsure actor who asks a lot of questions
Character definition
His willing attitude to playing a woman. Flute is often portrayed as the lowest in status of the Mechanicals, but his performance at the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta arguably wins them favour at the court of the duke and duchess.
