...must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O, there be play[ xxxiv ] FOREWORD ers that I have seen play, and heard others praise, and...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. I selected these two excerpts because both were in prose and both related to some extent to the same...

...hyperboles. In the name of the true imitation of life, Hamlet rebukes actors who 'neither having th'accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor...them well, they imitated humanity so abominably'. 92 When the strutting Pistol alludes directly to Tamburlaine in his unsquared rant, it begins to seem...

...and heard others praise and that highly, not to speak it profanely, that neither having 25 th'accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. i PLAYER I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. )o HAMLET Oh reform it altogether....

...grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O, there be players that I have seen play, — and heard...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. First Player I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. Hamlet O, reform it altogether....

...Hamlet Horatio Hamlet Hamlet one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. Oh, there be players that I have seen play and heard others...Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man,29 have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men -...

...one developed by Burbage. In this connexion, he discerns a special pertinence in Hamlet's remark, "O there be players that I have seen play, and heard...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably" (ш, ii, 32-9), for, he states, "Alleyn's chief humour was for a tyrant, or a part to tear a cat in....

...grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O, there be players that I have seen play, and heard...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. Hamlet — Hamlet IIIM And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them;...

...scene ii, Shakespeare berates the overacting that he had often witnessed on the stage. He writes: Oh, there be players that I have seen play, and heard...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. — Hamlet, Act III, scene ii, 31-39 In September 1601, records show that Shakespeare returned home...

...not to speak it profanely, that, neither having th'accent of Christians nor the gait of Chrisrian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. F1RST PLAYER I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. HAMLET O, reform it altogether!...

...grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a 30 whole theatre of others. O, there be players that I have seen play, and heard...that, neither having the accent of Christians nor the I 70. affections: emotions. I 75. [for] Q,. Om F. I 93. find him: learn the truth about him. Sc. ii,...