...But let me go on a little, all the same — ! I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play have by the very cunning of the scene been struck...For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak. "I understand that very well," said Hjalmar. "Do you, Hjalmar?" asked Kristoffer. "Then I shall tell...

...English anecdotes relevant to Hamlet's musing: I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play Have, by the very cunning of the scene, Been struck...presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions. (2.2.584-88) Nearly two decades earlier, however, Zachary Grey had already published his observation...

...words, And fall a-cursing, like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon 't! foh! About, my brain! Hum, I have Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck...the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malef actions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I'll have...

...of the scene Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions; 545 For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With...observe his looks, I'll tent him to the quick. If a do blench, 55o I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be a devil and the devil hath power...

...have proclaimed their malefactions. For murder, DMITRY. (Waving looking around) No! Murder, no!! GABE. Though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous...observe his looks. I'll tent him to the quick. If a' do blench, I know my course. I'll have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein...

...the plan as inevitable because it did happen: I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play Have, by the very cunning of the scene, Been struck...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. The issue is not just, Who breaks up the play? Nor is it merely that Hamlet's "poison in jest" lowers...

...cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaimed their male/actions: For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With...have these players play something like the murder Before mine uncle, I'll observe his looks, I'll tent him to the quick, if a do blench I know my course....

...directly involved in the performance, but his eyes are also bent on seeing what someone else is seeing: I'll have these players Play something like the murder...father Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks. . . . The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.17 (n.ii. 592-603) Here again...

..."dozen or sixteen lines." About, my brains. Hum — I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play Have, by the very cunning of the scene, Been struck...players Play something like the murder of my father . . . (2.2.584-90)" Why, it is asked, does Hamlet appear to conceive the plan before our eyes when...

...intense.] "I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. I'll have these players play something like The murder...father before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks. If he do but blench, I know my course. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the...