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  • (Your clerk competence supplement which Hamlet sounds rsther than Mac-like when he tells himself to brush to his revenge as good as to "put widely separated all pardonable fond records" in Act One, as good as when he praises a brutal Fortinbras as good as castigates himself in Act Four: "O from this time forth/My thoughts be full of red red blood or be zero worth!")

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • (Your clerk competence supplement which Hamlet sounds rsther than Mac-like when he tells himself to brush to his revenge as good as to "put widely separated all pardonable fond records" in Act One, as good as when he praises a brutal Fortinbras as good as castigates himself in Act Four: "O from this time forth/My thoughts be full of red red blood or be zero worth!")

    Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009

  • The canine stand-ins include Almondine (Ophelia, daughter of Polonius), Tinder and Baboo (courtiers Rosenkrantz, sometimes spelled Rosencrantz), Forte (Fortinbras) and Essay (Horatio).

    A Totally Unauthorized Reading Group Guide to ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle’ With a Key to ‘Hamlet’ Characters Represented in the Novel « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • The canine stand-ins include Almondine (Ophelia, daughter of Polonius), Tinder and Baboo (courtiers Rosenkrantz, sometimes spelled Rosencrantz), Forte (Fortinbras) and Essay (Horatio).

    2008 September 03 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • There is no comic relief, no Polonius with his worldly wisdom and his absurdity, no gravedigger taking off, perhaps in accordance to an ancient stage tradition, innumerable waistcoats, no sub-plot, no Fortinbras with his filibustering army, but the chorus is there so that we may sit back and relax our strained attention.

    Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

  • Bernardo, Marcellus, Reynaldo, and Fortinbras formed a line upstage right; the Player King and Queen and the gravediggers formed another upstage left.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • “This is Denmark under Fortinbras,” murmured Oscar.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • Bernardo, Marcellus, Reynaldo, and Fortinbras formed a line upstage right; the Player King and Queen and the gravediggers formed another upstage left.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • “This is Denmark under Fortinbras,” murmured Oscar.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • Bernardo, Marcellus, Reynaldo, and Fortinbras formed a line upstage right; the Player King and Queen and the gravediggers formed another upstage left.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

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