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• This part of the play-within-the-play is certainly also designed to catch the conscience of the Queen ', to rephrase Hamlet's stated mission.
• I'm particularly pleased with how they balanced the mad world of Don Quixote with "reality" (the play-within-the-play) and abruptly cut back to the prison.
• The three puppeteers worked closely with the director of "Master Pedro," William Kerley, on devising the play-within-the-play and adding their own comic touches.
• The novel follows the rehearsals of both the new play and the "old" play not to mention the play-within-the-play that lies at the heart of Shakespeare's original.