Theseus: Pyramus draws near the wall; silence! Pyramus: O grim-look'd night! O night with hue so black! O night, which ever art when day is not! O night, o night, alack, alack, alack, I fear my Thisbe's promise is forgot! And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, That stand'st between her father's ground and mine; Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eye. Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this! But what see I? No Thisbe do I see. O wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss, Curs'd be thy stones for thus deceiving me! Theseus: The wall, being sensible, should curse again. Pyramus: No, in truth sir, he should not. (5.1.167-81)

45. Pyramus & Wall Unlike the other versions, this dumbshow is done "straight" without tunes to sing. Wall/Snout's comic responses to Bottom resemble a routine from a brief comic show (Manzai). Wall raises his arms to reply to Bottom's "O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall", and also offers to shake hands with Bottom in the next line, "That stand'st between her father's ground and mine". In response to Bottom's request ("Show me thy chink"), Wall makes a gesture to signify "OK", performs dance steps, and makes a V sign, which becomes the chink. With the words "Curs'd be thy stones for thus deceiving me!", Bottom beats Wall's chest with "karate" chops. Tough guy Wall takes these eagerly on the tensed muscles which bulge under the 'brick' of his tight T-shirt. (In Mask 39. Pyramus & Wall, Wall is weak-chested and coughs.) Perhaps this is a director's joke directed at the Shingeki approach to "Building a Character"?