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" The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses and know from the first act to the last that the stage is only a stage and that the players are only players. "
The classical movement in French literature - Page 52
by Hugh Fraser Stewart - 1923 - 164 pages
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The Tragedy of King Lear: With Classic and Contemporary Criticisms

William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 380 pages
...brains that can make the stage a field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the...stage, and that the players are only players. They came to hear a certain number of lines recited with just gesture and elegant modulation. The lines...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies

Penny Gay - Literary Criticism - 2008
...Johnson said, audiences always know: The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the...only a stage, and that the players are only players. Samuel Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare (1765) Another group of comedies incorporates into their plot...
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