...appreciated; but most of all my wife, Dolly, who suffered my need to write this book. That he should weep for her? What would he do, had he the motive and the cue for passion that I have? William Shakespear 'Hamlet' Contents Acknowledgment v Prologue xi Epilogue 191...

...seems to have more force than his own inaction: What's Hecuba to him, or he to her, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? (2.2.494-7) Both Hamlet and the play as a whole are obsessed by the idea of performance....

...appreciated; but most of all my wife, Dolly, who suffered my need to write this book. That he should weep for her? What would he do, had he the motive and the cue for passion that I have? William Shakespear 'Banlet' Contents Acknowledgment v Prologue xi Epilogue 199...

...on doing so). After hearing the Player's passionate delivery of "Priam's slaughter," Hamlet wonders, "What would he do had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have?" (2.2.554—6). And he gives the answer, "He would drown the stage with tears,...

...Hecuba' (II. ii. 534-5), begging the questions, What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That 1 have?144 Here, the player is a comparative model for the performance of remembrance....