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In William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Quince is a carpenter that works in Athens. He is one of the six workmen that will put on a play for Theseus and Hippolyta at their wedding. He meets Nick Bottom the weaver, Francis Flute the bellows-mender, Tom Snout the tinker, Starveling the tailor, and Snug the joiner in the woods. Quince directs their play of Pyramus and Thisbe. In the play, he recites the prologue, but according to the watching nobles, he recites his lines very badly.

His name is derived from “quines” or “quoins,” which are wooden wedges used by carpenters.

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