Actor Allusion/Theatre: Difference between revisions

* [[Older Than Steam]]: In ''[[Hamlet]]'', Polonius mentions having played the role of Julius Caesar as a youth, and being killed by Brutus; it is believed that the same actor in Shakespeare's company played both Polonius and Caesar. It's also believed that the original actor of Hamlet, Richard Burbage, also played Brutus in ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', thus stabbing the same actor in two different plays.

** In fact, most of Shakespeare's plays had some level of [[Actor Allusion]], as he worked with a set company whose members took on the same sort of roles in most of their productions, and whose parts were often tailored to their specific style or talent.

{{quote| '''Borachio''': (To Dogberry) YOU ARE AN ASS!!!}}

** John Sincklo, a supporting player, is referenced in [[The Taming of the Shrew]] as looking like a jailor (the Beadle in [[Henry IV Part 2]]) or supplier of poisons (the Apothecary in [[Romeo and Juliet]]).