...nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. l st Plag. I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us....of barren spectators to laugh too; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that 's villanous, and shews...

...made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. , Play. I warrant your honour. Play. I hope we have reformed that indifferently with...of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be • then to be considered : that's villanous ; and...

...attribute the following professional rebuke ?—" And let those who play your clowns (ie low comedians), speak no more than is set down for them ; for there...question of the play be then to be considered :—that's villainous, and shews a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it." It cannot be believed, that...

...Herod in the ancient mysteries vras always violent. 3 te impression or resemblance, as in a print. that play your clowns speak no more than is set down...of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that 's villanous ; and shows...

...raillery and sarcasm with some of the audience. 1 To this absurd custom Hamlet alludes when he says, " And let those that play your clowns speak no more...some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too." Several specimens, probably genuine, are related in the following pages. Doggrel verse was generally...

...raillery and sarcasm with some of the audience.1 To this absurd custom Hamlet alludes when he says, " And let those that play your clowns speak no more...some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too." 1 See Malone's Shakespeare, ed. 1821, iii., 131, for several curious quotations on this subject. Several...

...of Nature's journeymen had made men, and uot made them well ; they imitated humanity so abominably. And let those that play your clowns, speak no more...a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. DOCTOR LARRUP. "What is a schoolmaster ?"— Why, can't you tell ? A quizzical old man Arm'd with a...

...judicious grieve; the censure of one of which, must in your allowance overweigh a whole theatre of others. "And let those that play your clowns speak no more...laugh too ; though in the meantime, some necessary part of the play be then to be considered. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in...

...grieve; the censure of one of which, must in your allowance overweigh a whole theatre of others. " And let those that play your clowns speak no more...laugh too ; though in the meantime, some necessary part of the play be then to be considered. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in...

...imputed by Shakespeare, in a well known passage of his " Hamlet," to actors of Kemp's description : " Let those that play your clowns speak no more than...quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play bo then to be considered : that's villainous, and shows...