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What Shakespeare play did the phrase i cannot tell what the dickens his name is come from?
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Merry Wives of Windsor. It's the same play that gave us "the world's my oyster".
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Which Shakespeare play did the phrase 'I cannot tell what the dickens his name is' come from?
The Merry Wives of Windsor: "FORD: Where had you this pretty weathercock? MRS PAGE: I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of".This quotation is from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
What play does 'I cannot tell what the Dickens his name is' come from?
waht charcter says "i cannot tell what the dickens his name is "
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Shakespeare did not use the phrase "a boiling idiot". You are probably thinking of "a blinking idiot", which comes from The Merchant of Venice.
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Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
What is the dramatic conventions in Shakespeare's plays?
There is only one convention which Shakespeare adheres to, and that is the convention that the characters onstage at the end of a scene cannot come on to start the next scene. The only exception to this rule is Scenes 1 and 2 of Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet.
Which Shakespeare play did the phrase 'I cannot tell what the dickens his name is' come from?
The Merry Wives of Windsor: "FORD: Where had you this pretty weathercock? MRS PAGE: I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of".This quotation is from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Where did the phrase 'what the Dickens' come from?
The phrase "what the dickens" was coined by William Shakespeare and originated in The Merry Wives Of Windsor Act 3, scene 2, 18--23, it was an oath to the devil said by Mrs Page.
What play does 'I cannot tell what the Dickens his name is' come from?
waht charcter says "i cannot tell what the dickens his name is "
Where did the phrase youou little dickens come from?
Dickens is a minced oath. It means devil.
Where does the phase Hurts like the dickens come from?
Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it.
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Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
Who is credited with coining the phrase A Daniel come to judgment?
William shakespeare
What play did a boiling idiot come from Shakespeare?
Shakespeare did not use the phrase "a boiling idiot". You are probably thinking of "a blinking idiot", which comes from The Merchant of Venice.
Which of William shakespeare's plays does the phrase 'brevity is the soul of wit' come from?
Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2
Which of William shakespeare's plays does the phrase 'parting is such sweet sorrow' come from?
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
Which play did this phrase come from beware the ideas of March come?
The saying "Beware the ides of March came from William Shakespeare's famous play, "Julius Caesar."
Which of William Shakespeare's plays does the phrase 'he hath eaten you out of house and home' come from?
None. The phrase 'He hath eaten me out of house and home" is from Henry IV Part 2 Act 2 Scene 1
