...journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. Hamlet — Hamlet IIIM And let those that play your clowns speak no more...question of the play be then to be considered: that's villanous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. Hamlet— Hamlet III.ii O, what...

...him, of his idle jests as well as of his scurrilous jigs, often used to conclude a performance: '5 And let those that play your clowns speak no more...some necessary question of the play be then to be consider'd. That's villainous and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. (3.2.38-45)...

...humanity so abominably. First Player 35 I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Hamlet O reform it altogether. And let those that play your...quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though 40 in the meantime some necessary question of the play be then to be considered. That's villainous,...

...humanity so abominably. F1RST PLAYER I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. HAMLET O, reform it altogether! And let those that play your...quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though w in the meantime some necessary question of the play be then to be considered. That's villainous,...

..."flights of angels" (5.2.360). Hamlet's contempt for "journeymen" is yet another example of his snobbery. And let those that play your clowns speak no more...some necessary question of the play be then to be consider 'd That 's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. (38-45)...

..."unauthorized" additions to or deletions from them. Thus Shakespeare has Hamlet insist that clowns should "speak no more than is set down for them, for there...the mean time some necessary question of the play is then to be consider'd" (3.2.39-^.3). And a number of dramatic quartos and folios contain statements...

...imitated humanity so abominably. /. Play. I hope we have reform 'd that indifferently with us, sir. 41 Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those that play...laugh to set on some quantity of barren spectators to 45 laugh to, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered....

...humanity so abominably. FIRST PLAYER I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. HAMLET O, reform it altogether. And let those that play your...of barren spectators to laugh too; though, in the meantime, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous, and shows...

...from the stage early and became a wealthy businessman. fo tiuuvnb luiQS And let those that play jour clowns speak no more than is set down for them —for...some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too... HAMLET, ACT 3, SCENE 2 Will Kemp, another down in Shakespeare's company, was famous for dancing a nine-day...

...so to steal the show. Hamlet, in his advice to the players, attempts to guard against this tendency: let those that play your clowns speak no more than...the mean time some necessary question of the play IK- then to be consulcr'd. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses...