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Stephen Price, the manager of the Park Theatre, is counting on having full houses to welcome Junius Brutus Booth, the English actor who will play the titular Richard III in his production. He calls on the local Constable, a fan of the theatre and Shakespeare, to help him suppress the African Company’s production of Richard III, which will play on the same night.
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Constable: “To be or not to be. That is what we must ask. Perhaps it is nobler in the heart … No, no, in the mind? In the mind to seek riches and fortunes. And by … and by ….”
Price: Good evening, Constable.
[... … …]
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Constable: I think I understand your meaning, sir. Maybe me and the follows ought to take a look into it. Perhaps you’re right, Mr. Price.
Price: I am right, Constable. I know it.
Brown, Carlyle. The African Company Presents Richard III. New York, 1994, pp.17-19.
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