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Search phrase: player

Plays

 9 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam II.ii.354argument unless the poet and the player went to cuffsargument, vnlesse the Poet and the Player went to Cuffes
HamletHam II.ii.534 (aside to First Player) Dost thou hear me, oldDost thou heare me old
HamletHam II.ii.548Is it not monstrous that this player here,Is it not monstrous that this Player heere,
HamletHam III.ii.150Enter the Fourth Player as Prologue
HamletHam III.ii.253Enter the Third Player, as LucianusEnter Lucianus.
HamletHam III.ii.353.1Enter a Player with recordersEnter one with a Recorder.
MacbethMac V.v.24Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerLife's but a walking Shadow, a poore Player,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.65There is not one word apt, one player fitted.There is not one word apt, one Player fitted.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.153And, like a strutting player whose conceitAnd like a strutting Player, whose conceit

Poems

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Glossary

 6 result(s).
comedianactor, stage player
fifefife-player
push-pintype of children's game [the pushing over of a peg to cross the peg of another player]
taborerplayer of a tabor
tragedianactor, strolling player [not only of tragedy]
wry-neckedhaving a crooked neck [of the player]

Thesaurus

 7 result(s).
fife-playerfife
player of a tabortaborer
player, stagecomedian
player, strollingtragedian
stage playercomedian
strolling playertragedian
tabor, player of ataborer

Themes and Topics

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Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...adies have lost ham iii ii 227 [second player as queen to her king] sport and repose...

Words Families

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Snippets

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Hamlet's speech to the players
speech to the players
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