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Whilot he v/as cpeakinr, J^onilius went to offer Hermione a
flower, and then returned to Leontes, who held hin ; t : nn's
length and asked "Art t.iou my boy?" (120). As he progressed
in his jealousy, Leontec nervously held l^niiliuG first on
one knee, then the other, placing him directly before him
£"yet they say v. care/ Almost as like PS e c:;gs" - 130) and
embraced him ("uy colloij"). Disturbed by his behaviour,
Polixenes and ilermione came down to •.:.]: ",.ix- t meuns oicilir?"
and Leontes movee ri^ht with Inmilius as the two eat down on
the couch. As Leontes exhorted Hermione to r ive >lixenes a
r;oof! welcome - "Let v/hat is dear in Sicily be cheap" a chorus
was heard pianissimo off-r:t ro nt the back. Hermione and
Polixenes wont down the stcyic at the back left of the stage,
and Leontes followed to vvr.tch tliem.
r::dliuG loft the str-ge rt the firct injunction "Go play"
(190), and Loontes summoned CcLaillo. nurin.- tiaeir cxc^nre
soft ;aucic W^,D !i? \r< (ber iiaiin^ at 346), and the ceene ended
\vith Leontes *s o::it:
I v/ill seem rriciiclly, ac thou hact en vised mo
(350)
Cr.nillo ctood in the centre of the rrbr^o, lor.t in tho.i -Jro,
nc the t :blc;.'U curt ins fell. Clouent Scott coff.ilained tli,'t
this vvr.s EH unncceccnry and undcoir/ ble cl'iiorrtion:
Tlic v.iind refuses to pr,u, :e before the vi;.it of
Polixenorj, \, ith all itc fatal conronacnces,
rre ov: :r and clo^o v;it.i.
(Tiio ' ••ily rclogrr^Ia, 12 oo
He attribacoo "iirlf tli. -.voriryiiif .^ir tlar-.t was folt t rou
tiie performruice" to t.ie contiriu- 1 u,-.;e of t'^.o tr.bleau-Ciirt
"the tiboniiio ble dcvieo... ..hich maajg; rrj v.'i/ly iiojinc rfoec
not interfere ./ith t^.c i^.terest of a >1. y". Lil'e u.:ie vicible
transforaations of tlie 1GC4 Roaoo and Juliet, tiie t.-.blc;. u-
curtains u; od by i/'iss .-uidorson v;e..\. con.oiueroci a hindrance
rather t\ n rm. rid td) i • luraon. It is not clear v/hnt rl tornative
V.T-.G acceptable to ) Irygoorc .ID a ac n;_, oi1 oivicliiv;
one scene from another - apparently the flying in of r. fr.mtocene
in view of t.ic . a- icace \vac co:isidcred leer, uictrpc-jin/;;
th.-.n the conc-oal-icnt of itc cetti'V;* Ccrtr.iiily tho i^movation
had still to prove its orth in 1393, when i'elbin v;roto tliat
t,-.bleau-ca t ins \verc, in tJiic country, "lel^ora u.ed, and...
not very ncccpt.oble to the pab.'.ic": • -c