 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 barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play...  The Tatler - Page 2641804Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...humanity so abominably, 1 Play* I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. О reform it altogether. And let those that play your clowns, speak...them : for there be of them, that will themselves lauqb, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, io the meaiuiine, some necessary... | |
 | 1825 - 338 pages
...of ttlese notable histrionic maxims, that I shall condescend to notice, is — but only hear it. " Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them." Karewell, then, a long farewell to all the honour of comedy, and the genins of the comedian ! The galleries... | |
 | English drama - 1826 - 508 pages
...humanity so abominably. 1 Act. I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. (c.) O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns,...of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantiiy of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the... | |
 | J. Coad - Fishing - 1826 - 264 pages
...its bold and imposing effect, contributes much to the general beauty of the scene.!' CHAP. X. " — And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them." SHAKESPEARE. THIS histrionic injunction of the great dramatic poet equally applies to those who take... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...humanity so abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.' — Worldof Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...humanity so abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.'—Worldof Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...humanity so abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.' — World of Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...of Nature's journeymen had made them, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. And let those that play your clowns speak no more...necessary question of the play be then to be considered : — that's villanous : and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. SHAKSPEARE. CHAP.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...humanity SO abominably. Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And, let those that play your clowns,...quantity of barren spectators to laugh too; though in the meantime, some necessary questionf of the play be then to be considered: that's villanous; and shows... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 pages
...and is the licence which Hamlet condemns in his instructions to the players : " And let those that be your clowns speak no more than is set down for them...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... | |
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