In this same interlude it doth befall
That I, one Snout by name, present a wall;
And such a wall, as I would have you think,
That had in it a crannied hole or chink,
Through which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe,
Did whisper often very secretly.
This loam, this rough-cast and this stone doth show
That I am that same wall; the truth is so:
And this the cranny is, right and sinister,
Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper.
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1. Tinker Snout bizarrely playing the role of a wall and taking his part so seriously is one of the more hilarious features of the Mechanicals’ royal command performance. The lovers Pyramus and Thisme communicate and speak through a "chink" in his wall, Snout explains.