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Bob's reaction to this may vary. Ideally, this will open his eyes to his cruelty and lead to an epiphany. However, it is equally likely that he will see the performance as an action against him and try to get revenge. Or, he may simply remain oblivious to how the show relates to him.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Happens several times in ''[[The King and the Clown]]'', with the chief advisor using these plays as an excuse to enrage the king and make him suspicious of his corrupt ministers and concubines.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Hamlet]]'' gets parodied in ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]''. The witches ''think'' this is why Tomjon and his strolling players are putting on a play about the old king's death. It isn't; they've been hired to do a propaganda piece that says Verence was a tyrant whose death was an accident. The witches then alter the play to do this themselves. Rather than feeling guilty, the Duke finally loses all connection to reality, but this still leads to a confession of sorts, so it's a result.
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: in [[The Bible]], following David's adultery with Bathsheba and [[The Uriah Gambit|murder of her husband]], the prophet Nathan tells him the story of a rich man who took the beloved lamb of his poor neighbor to serve to his dinner guest. David is outraged and demands to know who the man is who could have done such a thing. [[Tomato in the Mirror|Nathan tells him.]]
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode ''Storyteller'', in order to get Andrew to feel remorse for his killing of Jonathan.
* The ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Conscience of the King" [[Playing with a Trope|plays with]] this trope; a man suspected of being the murderous tyrant [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Kodos the Executioner]] happens to be an actor currently starring in a production of ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref>He ''is'' Kodos, but he isn't the villain of the episode.</ref>
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