Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Bottom from the Midsummer Night's Dream is first introduced in the casting of a play. He is a weaver and plays the part for Pyramus, the gallant lover who eventually dies. He himself isn't so gallant, from what I ascertain from Bottom's words. If he was to be acted, the actor would have to act like a comic fellow with odd and erratic behavior while not on stage. Here is one example of his behavior,


Bottom What is Pyramus––a lover or a tyrant?
Quince A lover that kills himself most gallant for love.
Bottom That will ask some tears in the true performing of it. If I do, let the audience look to their eyes. I will move storms; I will condole in some measure. To the rest,–– Yet my chief humor is for a tyrant. I could play Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split;

The raging rocks And shivering shocks Shall break the locks Of prison gates. And Phibbus' car Shall shine from far And make and mar The foolish Fates. This was lofty. Now name the rest of the players.

I'd imagine he'd look look like a slightly above normal height, with some meat on him with a deep voice. I'd also imagine him to be sweet faced, because of Quince's comment saying that "You can play no part but Pyramus, for Pyramus is a sweet-faced man, a proper man as one shall see in a summer's day" When he is acted, I expect him to be rowdy and also roused by conversation since he likes to word in edgewise on everything that goes on. He might also wobble around a little like he's half drunk because he acts like someone who's had a few drinks. However when he's on stage, he has a complete change of character, acting noble and proper just as how the play asks him to be. He seems like the person to get laughed at because of his behavior, but holding on to them by the shoulders and laughing along so he could share his marriness. The people their probably admire his skill of an actor, but some might not appreciate how he acts off the stage.