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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: A popular quote from the play is "So shines a good deed in a weary world," although this is actually a misquote of "So shines a good deed in a naughty world," popularized by ''[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory]]''. |
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: A popular quote from the play is "So shines a good deed in a weary world," although this is actually a misquote of "So shines a good deed in a naughty world," popularized by ''[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory]]''. |
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: Salerio and Solanio--or Salerino, Solanio and Salerio, depending on which version of the script you're reading--have long been known to actors and editors as "the Sallies" or "the Salads". |
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Salerio and Solanio--or Salerino, Solanio and Salerio, depending on which version of the script you're reading--have long been known to actors and editors as "the Sallies" or "the Salads". |
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** [[All That Glitters]] |
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** [[Pound of Flesh Twist]] |
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Revision as of 00:38, 19 November 2018
- Beam Me Up, Scotty: A popular quote from the play is "So shines a good deed in a weary world," although this is actually a misquote of "So shines a good deed in a naughty world," popularized by Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
- Fan Nickname: Salerio and Solanio--or Salerino, Solanio and Salerio, depending on which version of the script you're reading--have long been known to actors and editors as "the Sallies" or "the Salads".
- Reality Subtext: The play was first written and produced in the wake of Roderigo Lopez, a Portuguese doctor of Jewish descent, being accused of trying to poison Queen Elizabeth I. Anti-Semitic sentiment was running rampant, and a number of playwrights, including Shakespeare, sought to capitalize on it by writing plays about villainous Jews.
- Trope Namer: