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All quotations from Shakespeare are from the Norton Critical Edition, New York (1963).
The author is indebted to Professors Robert Dent and Albert Braunmuller of UCLA for their valuable comments and suggestions. Dr. Braunmuller's (as yet unpublished) reading of Hamlet has helped me to see the particular importance of the dumb show and its relation to other moments of silence in the play.