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==Francis Flute==
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Francis Flute's 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.{{sfn|Brooks|1979}}

In the play, Flute (Thisbe) speaks through the wall (played by [[Tom Snout]]) to Pyramus ([[Nick Bottom]]).{{sfn|Brooks|1979}}

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.{{sfn|Blits|2003|p=46}}

Flute's name, like that of the other mechanicals, is [[metonym]]ical and derives from his craft: "Flute" references a [[church organ]], an instrument prominently featuring the [[bellows]] a bellows-mender might be called upon to repair.{{sfn|Blits|2003|p=43}}

In [[Jean-Louis Supervielle|Jean-Louis]] and [[Jules Supervielle|Jules Supervielle's]] French adaptation, ''[[Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (1959 play)|Le Songe d'une nuit d'été]]'' (1959), Flute is renamed to {{lang|fr|Tubulure}}, where [[Georges Neveux|Georges Neveux's]] [[Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (1945 play)|1945 adaptation]] used the English names.{{sfn|White|1960|p=344}}

On the Elizabethan stage, the role of Flute and the other Mechanicals was intended to be doubled with [[Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Titania's]] four fairy escorts: Moth (also spelled Mote), Mustardseed, Cobweb, and Peaseblossom.{{sfn|Weiner|1971|p=339}}