Shakespeare and the Stage / With a Complete List of Theatrical Terms Used by Shakespeare in His Plays and Poems, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, & Explanatory Notes

by Maurice Jonas

I, 2, 149.

The catastrophe of a dramatic piece always occurred towards the end, and came when the audience were on the tiptoe of expectation, awaiting the final dénouement, as it is called in modern times.

CUE.

My cue is villanous, melancholy, with a sigh like Tom o’ Bedlam.

I, 2, 147.

PART.

You come with letters against the King, and take vanity the puppet’s part, against the royalty of her father.

II, 2, 40.

VANITY.

And take vanity, the puppet’s part.