...harpy, Which, to betray, doth wear an angel's face, Seize with an eagle's talons.} 34 — iv. 4. 93 There be players, that I have seen play, — and heard...of Christian, Pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellow'd, that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they...

...censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O there be players I have seen play and heard others praise, and that...(not to speak it profanely) that, neither having the accents of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that...

...recognizable reality: they must not imitate those impossibly overacting players who to please the groundlings have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably ! Hamlet has said this last to Horatio, but it seems meant for the players, for another laugh, but...

...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...highly — not to speak it profanely, that neither 30 having th'accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and...

...company, who sit amongst their props and costumes in last-minute preparation. HAMLET (continuing) O, there be players that I have seen play, and heard...made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. FIRST PLAYER (rather smug) / hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. HAMLET O, reform...

...grieve; the censure of which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. <), there be players that I have seen play, and heard...accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan or man, have so strutted and bellowed, that I- have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men,...

...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...highly — not to speak it profanely, that neither hav- 25 ing th' accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and...

...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...

...off, though it makes the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve, the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole...highly, not to speak it profanely, that neither having 25 th'accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed...

...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...