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Shakespeare and the Stage / With a Complete List of Theatrical Terms Used by Shakespeare in His Plays and Poems, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, & Explanatory Notes

Chapter 77: PERICLES
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A historical and practical study of dramatic performance and stagecraft that traces how medieval religious spectacles gave way to secular comedy and tragedy, examines inn-yard presentations and purpose-built playhouses, and surveys company organization, acting practice, court performances, and theatrical allusions. The work describes theatre architecture, audience arrangements, production practices, and contemporary documents and illustrations, and concludes with an alphabetically arranged glossary of stage terms associated with Shakespeare, each entry supplied with explanatory notes to clarify period usage and theatrical meaning.

PERICLES

PLAY.

Our scene must play
His daughter’s woe.

IV, 4, 48.

SCENE.

Whom our fast-growing scene must find at Tarsus.

Chorus IV, line 6, IV, 4, 6.

We commit no crime
To use one language in each several clime
Where our scenes seem to live.

IV, 4, 7.

While our scene must play
His daughter’s woe.

IV, 4, 48.

DUMB-SHOW.

Enter Pericles talking with Cleon.

Chorus II, line 16.

Enter Pericles and Simonides.

Chorus III, line 15.

SHOWS.

What pageantry, what feats, what shows,
What minstreling, and pretty din,
The regent made in Mitylene
To greet the King.

V, 2, 6.

STAGE.

In your imagination hold
This stage the ship, upon whose deck
The sea-tost Pericles appears to speak.