In which Shakespeare play would you find the character Touchstone?
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"natural for our whetstone""). Often he tries to show off his wit and intelligence by making some wise comments and references. Touchstone compares himself to Ovid and Jaques likens him to Jove in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"". The word ""touchstone"" appears in Book II of the second 1575 edition of Arthur Golding's translation of this work. in which Mercury tricks Battus into revealing the whereabouts of the cattle of Apollo which Mercury himself has stolen and punishes Battus by turning him into a touchstone. In ""Shakespeare's Clown,"" David Wiles suggests that Robert Armin played the part of Touchstone in the first productions"
"The Touchstone The Touchstone is a novel, written by Edith Wharton in 1905; it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York. Stephen Glennard, the novel’s protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves. He sells the private letters a former admirer had written to him, before she had become a famous author. He is later overcome by guilt for betraying one who had loved him. Stephen Glennard's career is falling apart and he desperately needs money so that he may marry his beautiful fiancee. He happens upon an advertisement in"
"to forgive himself and to make what limited amends he can make for his actions. The Touchstone The Touchstone is a novel, written by Edith Wharton in 1905; it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York. Stephen Glennard, the novel’s protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves. He sells the private letters a former admirer had written to him, before she had become a famous author. He is later overcome by guilt for betraying one who had loved him. Stephen Glennard's career is falling apart and he desperately needs"
"and elsewhere. At the Princess's Theatre, London, where he performed for three years, he famously played Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" in 1844. He was then at the Olympic Theatre, where he also remained three years. After the Olympic burned down, he moved to the Royal Strand Theatre. In 1853 he joined the company of John Baldwin Buckstone at the Haymarket Theatre, where he originated the role of Blenkinsop in ""An Unequal Match"" by Tom Taylor, Sir Solomon Frazer in Taylor's ""The Overland Route"", De Vaudray in ""A Hero of Romance"" by Westland Marston, and Captain Mountraffe in"
"(No. 14 UK charts), following on from ""Mr. Custer"" (No. 12 UK charts) hit. In 1972 Drake recorded a spoof song called 'Puckwudgie' on Columbia records. It referred to a 2-or-3-foot-tall (0.61 or 0.91 m) being from the Wampanoag folklore. It reached number 47 in the BBC Top 50 in early 1972. Peter Gabriel, after leaving Genesis in late 1975, produced a single ""You Never Know"" for Drake (UK Charisma), it was not a chart success. Drake turned to straight acting in the 1980s, winning acclaim for his role as Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" (at the Ludlow"
"thunderbolt. The ghosts fall on their knees."" The actors in Shakespeare's company included the famous Richard Burbage, William Kempe, Henry Condell and John Heminges. Burbage played the leading role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including ""Richard III"", ""Hamlet"", ""Othello"", and ""King Lear"". The popular comic actor Will Kempe played the servant Peter in ""Romeo and Juliet"" and Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"", among other characters. He was replaced around 1600 by Robert Armin, who played roles such as Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" and the fool in ""King Lear"". In 1613, Sir Henry Wotton"
"Alan David (actor) Alan David (born 29 December 1941 as Alan Davies) is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles. David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. After working in repertory at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, David was a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1970 and 2003, most notably as Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" (1977), various rôles in the 1986 revival of ""Nicholas Nickleby"" and Polonius in ""Hamlet"" (2001). His regular London appearances include parts at the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre and Royal Court Theatre. He"
"got from their mentions in ""Dunciad."" In 1728, Ralph published ""The Touchstone."" It was a burlesque of the tout guides to London, and it gives its reader humorous advice on going about the town (as John Gay's ""Trivia"" had done in 1716) and directs them toward London's seamier 'attractions.' In it, he suggested a series of plays that should be done based on English folklore, such as ""Tom Thumb."" Martin Battestin, Kenny, and Okie all agree that this work brought Ralph to the attention of Henry Fielding, who used the hints for his own ""Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb)"" in"
"opinion of the work by calling it ""As You Like It"" – as if the playwright did not agree. Tolstoy objected to the immorality of the characters and Touchstone's constant clowning. Other critics have found great literary value in the work. Harold Bloom has written that Rosalind is among Shakespeare's greatest and most fully realised female characters. The elaborate gender reversals in the story are of particular interest to modern critics interested in gender studies. Through four acts of the play, Rosalind, who in Shakespeare's day would have been played by a boy, finds it necessary to disguise herself as"
"written for the particular talents of famous Elizabethan actor, William Kempe. After Kempe left the troupe, Shakespeare's comic characters changed dramatically. Kempe was known for his improvising, and ""Hamlet"" contains a famous complaint at improvisational clowning (Act 3, Scene 2). Perhaps central to the Bard's redrawing of the fool was the actor Robert Armin: ... Shakespeare created a whole series of domestic fools for [Ar- min]. [His] greatest roles, Touchstone in ""As You Like It,""(1599), Feste in ""Twelfth Night,""(1600), and (the) fool in ""King Lear,""(1605); helped Shakespeare resolve the tension between thematic material and the traditional entertainment role of the"
"play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London. He was seen in David Eldridge's ""Under The Blue Sky"", which ran from July to September 2008 at the ""Duke of York's Theatre"", London, then from December 2009 in Martin Crimp's version of Molière's comedy ""The Misanthrope"" at the Comedy Theatre, London. In summer 2009, he appeared as Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" at the ""Globe Theatre"", where he also appeared in the title role of ""Henry VIII"" in 2010. In July 2011 he appeared at the Royal Court alongside Romola Garai in ""The Village Bike"". In 2012 he"
"he may also have played with the company at the Curtain, while Kempe was still a member. Armin is generally credited with all the ""licensed fools"" in the repertory of the Chamberlain's and King's Men: Touchstone in ""As You Like It"", Feste in ""Twelfth Night"", the Fool in ""King Lear"", Lavatch in ""All's Well That Ends Well"", and perhaps Thersites in ""Troilus and Cressida"", the Porter in ""Macbeth"", the Fool in ""Timon of Athens"", and Autolycus in ""The Winter's Tale"". Of these eight, Touchstone is the fool about which there is the most critical discussion. Harold Bloom describes him as"
"savings, was compelled to forego a proposed purchase of a share in Drury Lane, and to sell his villa. He moved to a house in Store Street. On 20 November 1789 King made, as Touchstone, his first appearance at Covent Garden, and the same evening was the original Sir John Trotley in ""Bon Ton"" by Garrick. After playing several of his best-known characters, he appeared for his benefit on 2 February 1790 as Sancho in ""Lovers' Quarrels"", which was an adaptation, attributed to King himself, of John Vanbrugh's ""The Mistake"". On 23 October 1790, as Lord Ogleby, he reappeared at"
"in ""The School for Scandal"" and Foresight in ""Love for Love"". By the early 1840s, Compton had earned the reputation of being the best Shakespearian clown of his age both in London and in the provinces. He performed for three years at the Princess's Theatre, London, famously playing Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" in 1844. He also played at the Olympic Theatre for three years, then the Royal Strand Theatre. In 1853 he joined the company at the Haymarket Theatre, where he originated roles in important new plays. He also won praise as Mr. Cox in revivals of ""Box"
"which King James was offended and the play's authors were imprisoned. ""Eastward Ho!"" also references, even parodies, popular plays performed by adult companies such as ""The Spanish Tragedy"", ""Tamburlaine"", and ""Hamlet"". The play's title alludes to ""Westward Ho!"" by Thomas Dekker and John Webster who also wrote ""Northward Ho!"" in response that same year""."" William Touchstone, a London goldsmith, chastises his apprentice Francis “Frank” Quicksilver for his laziness and prodigality. Concerned with his reputation, he tells Quicksilver to consider his actions with the catchphrase, ""Work upon that now!"" (1.1.10-1). Touchstone also warns Quicksilver against dishonest business and bad company, but"
"take the captain's offer of sanctuary there or to remain on Earth. This story also appeared in Katherine Kurtz's 2002 anthology, ""Crusade of Fire"", stories about the Knights Templar. ""Touchstone"": Aeron Aoibhell as a child, being tested for magic, and what comes of it. The story introduces Gwyn ap Neith, king of the Sidhefolk, and his wife Etain, as important and recurring characters. ""Alembic"": Gwydion Prince of Gwynedd, as a youth studying to be a Druid, and his own testing in the labyrinth of Glaston Tor. Gwyn and Etain appear here as well. ""Crucible"": Terran lieutenant and explorer Sarah O'Reilly"
"the Yorkshire Television series, ""Justice"", opposite Margaret Lockwood, his offscreen partner of seventeen years. Subsequently, he appeared in the BBC series, ""Flesh and Blood"" (1980–82) and ""Strike it Rich"" (1986/87). Under his birth name of John Hailstone, he authored ""A Present for the Past"", a play premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of 1966. It starred Wendy Hiller, Renee Asherson, and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, and was produced by Michael Codron. John Stone (actor) John Stone (26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor. Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales as John Hailstone, Stone"
"to walk out onto the roadway, Lord Redbrick has the other red gnomes glue Juliet's feet to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like he lost her mother. Gnomeo's mushroom friend, Shroom, finds out that Gnomeo is still alive as a blue teapot fell out of the truck, and a dog has carried him to a nearby park. He and Featherstone eventually reaches the park where Gnomeo climbs onto a statue of William Shakespeare (Patrick Stewart) and tells him his story. Shakespeare tells Gnomeo that his story is very similar to his own writing, of Romeo"
"entirely unnecessary to the plot, but are full of “Wit” and are very popular in the ""new style"" of writing. In fact, the further the play continues, the less sense it makes, and the more Bayes defends it. Discussion continues to include Bayes' approval of such devices as “songs, ghosts, and dances,” as a way of filling the theatre seats. Finally, Bayes calls his play a “Touch-stone,” and says he will be able to judge the character of any man by observing his reaction to the play. Scene 2 of the play includes 3 major plot developments: the mysterious death,"
"novel in which an elderly actor who knew Shakespeare in his youth reconstructs the poet's life. He speculates about whether or not she actually existed. She also appears in Graeme Johnstone's novel ""The Playmakers"" (2005), in which she is portrayed as an innocent girl with a ""sweet nature"", ""perfect figure, perfect teeth...perfectly shaped nose, clear blue eyes and creamy skin"". She is devastated by the discovery that her beloved William has made Hathaway pregnant. She and William are soulmates who plan to work together to improve William's father's leather-making business. Anne hangs herself with a leather rope after the manipulative"
"token of his forgiveness to the man who has just attempted to rape her, is a sign of Shakespeare's lack of maturity as a dramatist. In his 2008 edition of the play for the Oxford Shakespeare, Roger Warren argues that the play is the oldest surviving piece of Shakespearean literature, suggesting a date of composition as somewhere between 1587 and 1591. He hypothesizes that the play was perhaps written before Shakespeare came to London, with an idea towards using the famous comic actor Richard Tarlton in the role of Launce (this theory stems from the fact that Tarlton had performed"
"Touchstone (metaphor) As a metaphor, a touchstone refers to any physical or intellectual measure by which the validity or merit of a concept can be tested. It is similar in use to an acid test, litmus test in politics, or, from a negative perspective, a shibboleth where the criterion is considered by some to be out-of-date. The word was introduced into literary criticism by Matthew Arnold in ""the Study of Poetry"" (1880) to denote short but distinctive passages, selected from the writings of the greatest poets, which he used to determine the relative value of passages or poems which are"
"The toadstone is alluded to by Duke Senior in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" (1599), in Act 2, Scene 1, lines 12 through 14: Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. In James Branch Cabell's short story ""Balthazar's Daughter"" (collected in ""The Certain Hour"") and its subsequent play adaptation ""The Jewel Merchants"", Alessandro de Medici attempts to seduce Graciosa by listing various precious jewels in his possession, including ""jewels cut from the brain of a toad"". Toadstone The toadstone, also known as bufonite (from Latin ,"
"who had attended Thackeray when suffered a life-threatening illness in 1849. Elliotson was a friend of Charles Dickens, and introduced Dickens to Mesmerism. Wilkie Collins, a close friend of Dickens described Elliotson as ""one of the greatest English physiologists,"" and cites an example of state-dependent memory from Elliotson's ""Human Physiology"" in ""The Moonstone."" Elliotson is a major antagonist in the game "","" who performs brutal and fatal experiments on the insane at Lambeth Asylum and is a secret member of the Templar Order. He is later killed by the Master Assassin Jacob Frye. John Elliotson John Elliotson (29 October 1791"
"at the Haymarket Theatre, Buckstone's ghost has often been seen at the theatre, particularly during comedies and ""when he appreciates things"" playing there. In 2009, ""The Daily Telegraph"" reported that the actor Patrick Stewart saw the ghost standing in the wings during a performance of ""Waiting for Godot"" at the Haymarket. John Baldwin Buckstone John Baldwin Buckstone (14 September 1802 – 31 October 1879) was an English actor, playwright and comedian who wrote 150 plays, the first of which was produced in 1826. He starred as a comic actor during much of his career for various periods at the Adelphi"
"love manifested in its varied forms. In many of the love-stories, it is love at first sight. This principle of ""love at first sight"" is seen in the love-stories of Rosalind and Orlando, Celia and Oliver, as well as Phebe and Ganymede. The love-story of Audrey and Touchstone is a parody of romantic love. Another form of love is between women, as in Rosalind and Celia's deep bond. This is a significant theme of this play. The new Duke Frederick usurps his older brother Duke Senior, while Oliver parallels this behavior by treating his younger brother Orlando so ungenerously as"
"play, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, to a television drama, due in part to the BBC's fear of legal action. Each of the nine episodes of the serial takes place in the year for which it is named; ""1964"", ""1966"", ""1967"", ""1970"", ""1974"", ""1979"", ""1984"", ""1987"" and ""1995"". The episodes follow the four main characters and their changing lives, careers and relationships against the backdrop of the political and social events in Britain. The four friends are Dominic 'Nicky' Hutchinson (played by Christopher Eccleston), Mary Soulsby (Gina McKee), George 'Geordie' Peacock (Daniel Craig) and Terry 'Tosker' Cox (Mark Strong)."
"""rancidly vicious,"" and writes that ""this more intense rancidity works as a touchstone should, to prove the true gold of Rosalind's spirit"". John Palmer disagrees and writes that ""he must be either a true cynic or one that affects his cynicism to mask a fundamentally genial spirit"". Obviously, as Palmer continues, a true cynic does not belong in Arden, so the clown ""must be a thoroughly good fellow at heart"". Touchstone affects the front of a malcontented cynic, thus serving as proof of Rosalind's quick wit. When she confronts both Jaques and Touchstone, she exposes their silliness and prevents the"
"Eastward Hoe Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho! is an early Jacobean-era stage play written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston. The play was first performed at the Blackfriars Theatre by a company of boy actors known as the Children of the Queen's Revels in early August 1605, and it was printed in September the same year. ""Eastward Ho!"" is a citizen or city comedy about Touchstone, a London goldsmith, and his two apprentices, Quicksilver and Golding. The play is highly satirical about social customs in early modern London, and its anti-Scottish satire resulted in a notorious scandal in"
"alter it so much that it became almost unrecognisable. However, Dibdin did accept two clever emendations suggested by Garrick, which resulted in a reconciliation between the two men: it is claimed that Garrick's very last step upon the stage was during a rehearsal for ""The Touchstone"" a night or two before the opening. Covent Garden productions continued with ""The Chelsea pensioners"", and ""The Mirror, or, Harlequin everywhere"" (a pantomime) (both 1779), and in 1780 the comic opera ""The Shepherdess of the Alps"", and the three-act opera ""The Islanders"", most of which was re-presented as a two-act farce called ""The Marriage"
"in 1600 by Oxenbridge and Humphrey Lownes. The play was popular, and was reprinted in 1605, 1613, 1619, and 1626. All of the early quartos were anonymous; Heywood was first connected with the plays by Francis Kirkman in his 1661 play list. The central character in the play is Jane Shore, the king's mistress. The historical events of the reign of Edward IV form a background, involving ""the bastard Faulconbridge,"" the ""Tanner of Tamworth,"" and other figures of the era. The play draws material from the 1587 edition of Holinshed's ""Chronicles"". The play shows Edward wooing Jane, Jane struggling with"
"his plan to return to individual performances. He may have had a hand in the bad quartos of ""Hamlet"" and ""The London Prodigal"", in which the clown parts are unusually accurate. Whatever the reason for his departure, Kempe was replaced by Robert Armin, formerly of Chandos's Men and an author in his own right. Small and fanciful, Armin offered significantly different options for Shakespeare, and the change is seen in the last Elizabethan and first Jacobean plays. Armin is generally credited with originating such characters as Feste in ""Twelfth Night"", Touchstone in ""As You Like It"", and the fool in"