TEMPEST
PERFORM. CAST. ACT. PROLOGUE. DISCHARGE.
We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast againAnd by that destiny, to perform an actWhereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my discharge.
We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast againAnd by that destiny, to perform an actWhereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my discharge.
We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast againAnd by that destiny, to perform an actWhereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my discharge.
We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast again
And by that destiny, to perform an act
Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to come
In yours and my discharge.
II, 1, 252.
ACTORS.
These our actorsAs I foretold you, were all spirits.
These our actorsAs I foretold you, were all spirits.
These our actorsAs I foretold you, were all spirits.
These our actors
As I foretold you, were all spirits.
IV, 1, 148.
CAST.
We all were sea-swallowed though some cast again.
We all were sea-swallowed though some cast again.
We all were sea-swallowed though some cast again.
We all were sea-swallowed though some cast again.
W. A. Wright would associate cast with its modern theatrical meaning, namely, of a company of actors to whom different parts of a play are assigned. The word in this sense was unknown in Shakespeare’s day; its earliest use as a theatrical term dates from 1631.
PLAYED. PART.
To have no screen between this part, he play’d,And him he played it for.
To have no screen between this part, he play’d,And him he played it for.
To have no screen between this part, he play’d,And him he played it for.
To have no screen between this part, he play’d,
And him he played it for.
I, 2, 107.
REVELS.
Be cheerful, Sir,Our revels now are ended.
Be cheerful, Sir,Our revels now are ended.
Be cheerful, Sir,Our revels now are ended.
Be cheerful, Sir,
Our revels now are ended.
IV, 1, 148.