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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** Will Kemp, Shakespeare's resident clown, played the original Bottom in [[A Midsummer |
** Will Kemp, Shakespeare's resident clown, played the original Bottom in [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|Midsummer]], and later played Dogberry in [[Much Ado About Nothing|Much Ado]]. This happens in the latter: |
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{{quote| '''Borachio''': (To Dogberry) YOU ARE AN ASS!!!}} |
{{quote| '''Borachio''': (To Dogberry) YOU ARE AN ASS!!!}} |
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** 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]]). |
** 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]]). |