A Max Beerbohm essay titled after this character describes how his friend Robert Coates was tricked into portraying him by a woman he had played an earlier prank on.
A Max Beerbohm essay titled after this character describes how his friend Robert Coates was tricked into portraying him by a woman he had played an earlier prank on. In William Inge's Bus Stop, Dr. Lyman portrays him in an impromptu performance Elma puts on while the passangers are stranded in the restaurant. Nicholas Nickleby makes his debut with Vincent Crummles' troupe by playing this character. This character says that "love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books, but love from love, toward school with heavy looks." He compares his lips to (*) "two blushing pilgrims, [that] ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss" in a meeting scene in which his dialogue joins with his lover's dialogue to form a sonnet. This character, who describes himself as "fortune's fool," claims that another character "doth teach the torches to burn bright" and wishes "that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!" For 10 points, name this Shakespeare character whose finals lines are "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. — Thus with a kiss I die."
A Max Beerbohm essay titled after this character describes how his friend Robert Coates was tricked into portraying him by a woman he had played an earlier prank on.
{Romeo}