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'''Duke''': Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; |
'''Duke''': Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; |
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Like doth quit like, and [[Measure for Measure|measure still for measure]]. |
Like doth quit like, and [[Measure for Measure|measure still for measure]]. |
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'''Prince''': For never was a story of more woe |
'''Prince''': For never was a story of more woe |
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Than this of [[Romeo and Juliet|Juliet and her Romeo]]. |
Than this of [[Romeo and Juliet|Juliet and her Romeo]]. |
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This purse of ducats I receiv'd from you, |
This purse of ducats I receiv'd from you, |
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And Dromio my man did bring them me: |
And Dromio my man did bring them me: |
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I see we still did meet each other's man, |
I see we still did meet each other's man, |
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And I was ta'en for him, and he for me, |
And I was ta'en for him, and he for me, |
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And thereupon these [[The Comedy of Errors|errors]] are arose. |
And thereupon these [[The Comedy of Errors|errors]] are arose. |
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He that knows better how to [[The Taming of the Shrew|tame a shrew]], |
He that knows better how to [[The Taming of the Shrew|tame a shrew]], |
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Now let him speak; 'tis charity to show. }} |
Now let him speak; 'tis charity to show. }} |
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* When the curtain opens on the prologue of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', we see and hear the fiddler playing, and a {{smallcaps| [[Title Drop]]}} is the very first line in the show. The fiddler, who plays no part in the plot, is explained by Tevye to be a metaphor for the tenacious existence of Anatevka and its people. |
* When the curtain opens on the prologue of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', we see and hear the fiddler playing, and a {{smallcaps| [[Title Drop]]}} is the very first line in the show. The fiddler, who plays no part in the plot, is explained by Tevye to be a metaphor for the tenacious existence of Anatevka and its people. |
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