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The whole quotation, which is from Juliet's soliloquy in Act III Scene 2 which begins with the words "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds", is as follows: Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, That runaway's eyes may wink and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen. Bear in mind that Juliet was able to sneak out of her father's house early that afternoon and get married to Romeo but had to return home and wait for Romeo to sneak into her bedroom and have sex with her. This speech is about that waiting, and her anticipation of the night and the pleasure it is going to bring her. Look at the first line. What does a curtain do? It covers things up. When the edges of a curtain are pulled close together it is a "close curtain" and is even better at covering things up. Who has this curtain? "Love-performing night" Why "love-performing"? Because people make love to each other at night. Why does night have a curtain? Because it is dark, and hard to see, like when your eyes are closed (winking meant both eyes closed then). So in the line "Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, that runaway's eyes may wink" Juliet is asking the night (apostrophe is the word for talking to things that cannot talk back) to come and make things dark so people can't see. Why does she want nobody to see? So Romeo can leap into her arms, that is have sex with her, "untalked of and unseen". Their marriage is a secret and so must their wedding night be. The whole speech is a masterpiece of erotic anticipation.
Oh, they practice, wash the dishes, go shopping, clean house, take showers, watch TV, listen to music, take out the garbage, go to the night club, plant vegetable gardens, raise their children, drive to and from home, and on and on.
She is somewhat impetuous, as her gift of a ring to Cesario shows. She is compassionate and forgiving toward Feste and Malvolio ("Poor fool, how they have baffled thee."), but quite firm in her decision about Orsino's suit.
A swing is a cast member who is in charge of knowing many roles or "tracks" in the show. So when a lead is not performing that night, one of the understudies steps up into that role, and the swing covers all the understudy roles.
'Amahl' in Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
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The cast of Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1954 includes: Leon Lishner as King Balthasar Bill McIver as Amahl
The cast of Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1957 includes: Victor Franklin Anthony Monopoli as Amahl Desmond Patterson Joyce Simmons
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1952 I TV was released on: USA: 25 December 1952
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1951 TV was released on: USA: 24 December 1951
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1953 TV was released on: USA: 20 December 1953
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1954 TV was released on: USA: 19 December 1954
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1978 TV was released on: USA: 24 December 1978
The cast of Amahl and the Night Visitors - 2002 includes: Alvy Powell as King Balthazar Pablo Strong as Amahl Robert Tear as King Kaspar Hung Yum as King Melchior
Amahl and the Night Visitors - 1963 TV was released on: USA: 25 December 1963 Finland: 19 December 1965
Amahl solved problems by arranging a solution with the three kings so that her mom wouldn't get in trouble