..."Nay," he said, "you will not know this piece, Hjalmar. But let me go on a little, all the same — ! I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak. "I understand that very well," said Hjalmar. "Do you, Hjalmar?" asked Kristoffer. "Then I shall tell...

...identify Thomas Heywood as a resource for contemporary English anecdotes relevant to Hamlet's musing: I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions. (2.2.584-88) Nearly two decades earlier, however, Zachary Grey had already published his observation...

...POLONIUS'Î chat.) POLONIUS: The actors are come hither, my lord. (Exits) HAMLET: We'll hear a play tomorrow. I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. I'll have these players play something Like the murder of my father...

...Hamlet planned, as opposed to accepting what happened to the plan as inevitable because it did happen: I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. The issue is not just, Who breaks up the play? Nor is it merely that Hamlet's "poison in jest" lowers...

...be-the sort of example Hamlet has in mind when he projects the operation of his play on the guilty king: I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. [2.2.555-59] Such stories were common enough in the period, and so powerful...

...deft handling of the sword, Gabe moves him backwards, speaking intently, pointedly, mesmorizingly.) I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. For murder, DMITRY. (Waving looking around) No! Murder, no!! GABE. Though...

...in the journey to "the turning-point." Hamlet himself mapped out the route to be taken when he said I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions . . . ... I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my...

...gone. Regard his hellish fall, / Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise". Hamlet, II. ii. 591-594: "I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently / They have proclaimed their malefactions", und/) Warningfor Fair Women, Z. 2038-2048: "A woman ... / ... sitting...

...— a noble purpose — but most business communications have specific messages and changes in mind. I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. Hamlet, Hamlet. 2, 2 Whether listening to persuasive trial lawyers, politicians, or program corporate...

..."brains" (2.2.584) and making his first general observation in the speech, he remembers that he has heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play Have,...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. (2.2.585-90) Hamlet therefore decides to have the players play something like the murder of his father...