First of all, Bian considered the idea Shakespeare expressed through Hamlet that "the purpose of playing, whose end both at the first, and novve, was and is, to holde as twere the Mirrour vp to nature, to shew vertue her feature; scorne her own Image, and the very age and body of the time his forme and pressure" (1868-72).
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature".
It was Shakespeare after all who gave us the ultimate raison d'être of the arts: "The purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure".
"The Space Station was built by 15 countries, and depending on where I floated while singing and playing, whose copyright laws applied?
And while playing whose hands are bigger with the South Korean president, his merry band of evil minions have been busy gutted the Environmental Protection Agency, cutting protections for consumers, trying to dismantle affirmative action programs and even eliminating the requirement that employer-based insurance cover birth control.
Mugham is a type of improvised singing or playing whose variations, or modes, are defined partly by the emotional states they evoke.
And throughout each round Claire asked questions about how the game was played, whose answers, in all honesty, she did not have figured out.
It feebly concludes a play whose suspense, admirable treatment and splendid acting have promised much.
Mr. Nelson also directs the play, whose five-character ensemble features Jon DeVries, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders and J. Smith-Cameron.
The earliest singspiels were light plays whose dialogue was interspersed with popular songs.
He wrote a series of plays whose underlying theme was hope, reconciliation and understanding.
