 | Edwin Lees - 1854 - 108 страници
...dignify the drama, an extract from his own lecture on the subject in Hamlet fully shows:— " Let your discretion be your tutor, suit the action to the word,...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... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 страници
...may be too frequently remarked in the elocutionary tyro, is to be studiously avoided: — " Let your discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature." SHAKESPERE. When both hands are used, except under certain circumstances, which will be explained under... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 страници
...shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : 3 pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour....overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up 2 Our ancient theatres were far... | |
 | 1856 - 518 страници
...would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termageus ; it out-herods Herod : I pray you avoid it, Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 страници
...whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. (OPHELIA.) Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. (To the audience.) For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the... | |
 | Paul Nimmo - 1996 - 72 страници
...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...- 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... | |
 | William Mooney - 1996 - 212 страници
...I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant. It out-herods Herod. Pray you avoid it. 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... | |
 | Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 1996 - 98 страници
...playing? Both possibilities are there, but there is tremendous resonance in the apparent simplicity of: 'Let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action...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... | |
 | Albert Haberstro - 1996 - 114 страници
...would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant ; it- out-herods Herod. Pray you avoid it. "Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion...the action; with this special observance, that you o 'er-step not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore - 1997 - 132 страници
...groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise ... ... 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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... 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. 
