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Tinker on stage, holding online meeting without ado (8)
Assertion from one kind of character heard, found in either part of Twelfth Night (6)
Quiescent during penultimate part of Macbeth — and of Hamlet (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN ACT IV (in Act 4 out of 5)=”during penultimate part of Macbeth”, plus E the second-to-last letter (“penultimate part”) “…of Haml e t”
They support arms, weapons linked with arrows in dramatic speech (6)
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in the definition, “arms” as in the parts of the body e.g. a sling can be used for a broken arm second definition / wordplay: SLINGS are also “weapons”, mentioned in the famous speech [wiki] in Hamlet: “…to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…”
It's darn hard in initially confused lesson naming writer of A Midsummer Night's Dream (11)
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definition: Felix Mendelssohn composed music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream [wiki] MEND=”darn”; plus H (hard) in LESSON with just the first two letters jumbled/swapped (a sort of anagram, but only “initially confused”)
Leading characters in Titus Andronicus spoil the ending in one sense (5)
Appearance with Falstaff's associate producing weapon (3,6)
Second member of weird trio having exited? Stop watching (6,3)
Earl's son in King Lear appearing in tattered garment (5)
Check power, sets, scripts for film adaptations (11)
Famous actor exchanging last two parts for a role in Twelfth Night (6)
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definition: Olivia is a character in Twelfth Night [wiki] Laurence OLIVI ER is the “Famous actor”, exchanging the last two letters ER for A (“for a” in the clue)
Text for Macbeth, say, putting extra time into revised bit role (8)
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in definition, the reference is to the opera Macbeth [wiki] by Verdi anagram/”revised” of (bit role)*, with an extra T added (putting extra time into it)
King not doing so well, such as Claudius or Richard III (6)
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definition: examples of killers, who are also kings, from Shakespeare ( Hamlet and Richard III ) K (King, chess abbreviation) + ILLER=more ill=”not doing so well”
In kind way, nurse initially encouraging Romeo's love? Yes (8)
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TEND=”nurse” as a verb + initials of E-[ncouraging] R-[omeo’s] L-[ove] Y-[es] in Romeo and Juliet , the Nurse encourages the romance between the title characters
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After it's put up on stage, I'm wrong to condemn (10)
Able to identify what's wrong as I do casting badly (10)
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anagram/”badly” of (I do casting)*
eg Julius Caesar or Coriolanus? Right (5)
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Julius Caesar and Coriolanus are Shakespeare titles second definition: a TITLE is a “Right” of ownership to a property
8d
Delights in Tory victory as comedy (5,7,4)
Romantic message for Veronese gentleman (9)
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Valentine is a Shakespeare character, one of The Two Gentlemen of Verona [wiki]
Practice acting in Winter's Tale, initially (4)
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definition: WONT=habitual or customary behaviour=”Practice” ON=”acting”, in initials of W-[inter’s] T-[ale]
See 4
Novice Romeo crazy about female — tragic hero (4,2,6)
One who operates in theatre, not needing screen (5,5)
Church's part obvious in sound plot (10)
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definition: an upper part of a Church [wiki] the first syllable is pronounced (in sound) like ‘clear’=”obvious”; plus STORY=”plot”
Like lady's protest in play that confounds sexes with vice (9)
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definition: reference to ‘The lady doth protest too much’ from Hamlet [wiki] anagram/”confounds” of (sexes vice)*
Superficially cut, like Antony and Cleopatra or Romeo and Juliet, we hear (5)
Dismiss, in a way, from Richard's royal house (4)
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first definition: in cricket, YORK can mean to dismiss the batter with a yorker (a ball bowled to land just under the bat) second definition: reference to Richard III of the royal House of York
Shakespeare, as opposed to 7 (4)
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definition: WILL short for William [Shakespeare] second definition: WILL as opposed to WON’T, solution to 7dn
Type letters or click words in the clue