Assertion: hamlet | /r/CapableOf | instruct player
Facets:
value: before the performance of the mousetrap
type: TEMPORAL
value: on the art of acting
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Just as the play is about to begin, Hamlet instructs the players on the art of acting, telling them to act naturally and to avoid bombast.
text: Before the performance of The Mousetrap, Hamlet's adaptation of The Murder of Gonzago, Hamlet instructs the players how to act, telling them not to play the scene that evening too broadly and with great gesticulation—not to go for big effects but to perform realistically and to "hold … the mirror up to nature.