THE WISDOM OF SHAKESPEARE
Apr 15, 2021
3 minutes
Hamlet
Act 3, Scene 2
“... the purpose of playing, whose end both at the first, and now, was end is, to hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.”
These words form part of what is often referred to as ‘Hamlet’s advice to the players’. The Prince of Denmark has welcomed a troupe of actors familiar to the court. He himself is highly interested in acting, likes the
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