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" Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing,... "
The Works of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet. King Lear. Othello ... - Page 153
by William Shakespeare - 1866
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Tragedy of Hamlet: With Notes, Extracts from the Old 'Historie of Hamblet ...

William Shakespeare - 1874 - 240 pages
...says: — ' Sometime, to show his lightness and maistrye, He playeth Herod on a scaffold bye; ACT III. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature ; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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The Amateur Actor: A Collection of Plays for School and Home

William Henry Venable - Amateur plays - 1874 - 288 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant ; it outherods Herod. Pray you avoid it. First Player. I warrant, your honor. Hamlet. Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and...
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Speakers, Singers and Stammerers

Frederick Helmore - Chants - 1874 - 150 pages
...whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness." * * * " Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature ; for anything so overdone is H from the purpose of playing, whose end both at the first and now, was and...
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The Shakespeare argosy, containg much of the wealth of Shakespeare's wisdom ...

William Shakespeare - 1874 - 310 pages
...Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it Hamlet. Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 2. ORATORY (on) [827]. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : Hamlet. Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 2. ORATORY (after-dinner) [150]. .... your reasons at dinner have been...
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant. It out-Herods Herod. Pray you avoid it. FIRST PLAYER I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither. But let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, » both at the first and now, was and...
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The English Spirit: A New Approach Through the World Conception of Rudolf ...

Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 244 pages
...periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty (ie, moderation) of nature." This virtue of Temperance lies at the very core of Hamlet's tragedy :...
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The Making of Theatre History

Paul Kuritz - Performing Arts - 1988 - 478 pages
...would have such a fellow whipt for o'erdoing. Termagant, it out-Herods Herod, pray you avoid it. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...for o'er-doing Termagant. It out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. (Player: I warrant your honor.) Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant. It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. PLAYER 1 I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, 20 both at the first and now, was and...
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I Hate Hamlet

Paul Rudnick - Drama - 1992 - 84 pages
...say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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