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:"HIERO. A comedie? fie! comedies are fit for common wits; / But to present a kingly troupe withall, / Giue me a stately-written tragedie,— / Tragedia cothurnata, fitting kings, / Containing matter, and not common things!" | [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6043/6043-h/6043-h.htm] | ||
:"HIERO. A comedie? fie! comedies are fit for common wits; / But to present a kingly troupe withall, / Giue me a stately-written tragedie,— / '''Tragedia cothurnata, fitting kings''', / Containing matter, and not common things!" | |||
tragedy given in several different languages -- "now shall I see the fall of Babilon / Wrought by the heauens in this confusion." | |||
Ghost of Don Andrea watching with Revenge; Duke, at end, watching play-within-play | |||
Bel-imperia dies in end by stabbing herself within the play, after stabbing Balthazar | |||
Hieronimo bites out his tongue to avoid talking | |||
Latest revision as of 15:24, 5 September 2011
- "HIERO. A comedie? fie! comedies are fit for common wits; / But to present a kingly troupe withall, / Giue me a stately-written tragedie,— / Tragedia cothurnata, fitting kings, / Containing matter, and not common things!"
tragedy given in several different languages -- "now shall I see the fall of Babilon / Wrought by the heauens in this confusion."
Ghost of Don Andrea watching with Revenge; Duke, at end, watching play-within-play
Bel-imperia dies in end by stabbing herself within the play, after stabbing Balthazar
Hieronimo bites out his tongue to avoid talking