...Player. I hope we have reform'd that indifferently * with us, sir. Hamlet. O, reform it altogether. And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them ; 2 for. there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren 3 spectators...

...Play, ï hope, 'we have reformed that indifferently' with 'us, sir. Ham. O, reform it 'altogether. And let those that play your Clowns speak no more than is set-down for them : for there ' be of them, that will ' themselves laugh, to set-on some quantity of...

...comedies, and no doubt took liberties with his parts. It is thought that part of 13 Hamlet's advice to the players—" and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them," etc..— was levelled at Tarleton. The question is often asked, but I consider it an idle one, whether...

...of players does Hamlet mention ? 155. To what custom of players in Shakespeare's day do the words, let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them, refer ? 156. What expression of his confidence in, and love for, Horatio does Hamlet make? 157. What...

...Shakespeare in the person of Hamlet responds in a tone of some impatience : ' O ! reform it altogether. And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them.' I f every actor obeyed these instructions the theatrical critic's function would be largely dissipated,...

...verbiage. The doctor degenerates into a clown when he plays clownish tricks, and Shakespere advises to "Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down to them." If he assumes that the length of his visiting-list has deprived him of food and sleep for...

...Shakespeare's comedies, and no doubt took liberties with his parts. It is thought that part of Hamlet's advice to the players — " and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them," etc. — was leveled at Tarleton. The question is often asked, but I consider it an idle one, whether...

...Appearance is Against Them ' ' (•»•)• Clowns (Elizabethan). See 'Hamlet,' act iii. sc. 2 : " And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for CLOWNS CLYTUS them ; for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on Rome quantity of barren...

...Shakespeare preferred that his clowns should keep to what he had written for them, as Hamlet exhorts — ' Let those that play your clowns ' speak no more than is set down for them.' Jigs also were introduced, corresponding to the modern ballet, but there were no girl dancers, so the...

...Horatio? 7 — What, according to Hamlet, is the mission of the drama? 8 — What is the meaning of "And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them?" 9 — To what do you attribute Hamlet's knowledge of the drama and of acting? 10 — What does Hamlet's...