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This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
You need three things in the theatre--the play, the actors and the audience,--and each must give something.
You need three things in the theatre--the play, the actors and the audience,--and each must give something.
 Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.  
 Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme. 
 A long, exact, and serious comedy;
 In every scene some moral let it teach,
  And, if it read more 
 A long, exact, and serious comedy;
 In every scene some moral let it teach,
  And, if it can, at once both please and preach. 
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
 To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
 To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
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 To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
 To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
  To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,
   Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold--
    For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage. 
 Who teach the mind its proper face to scan,
 And hold the faithful mirror up to man.  
 Who teach the mind its proper face to scan,
 And hold the faithful mirror up to man. 
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.