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Part of the reason that Shakespeare was such a good playwright is that he had in mind while writing his plays the practical problems (and opportunities) presented by the theatrical conventions of his day, many of which still concern today's theatre.

For example, in The Merchant of Venice Portia, disguised as the lawyer Balthazar, demands that her husband give her his wedding ring as a fee for her successful conduct of a legal matter on his behalf. The action then switches to Portia's house in Belmont where she will face him with the loss of his ring. But the next thing that happens is a scene where Lorenzo and Jessica, the couple who are looking after Portia's place in her absence, say a lot of soppy things to each other, beginning with the words "On such a night . . ." You may ask, what is the point of that scene? Well, the point is that the actor or actress playing Portia needs time to get out of the Balthazar costume and into the Portia costume, and the actors playing Lorenzo and Jessica are buying that time.

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