One Antipholus and one Dromio live in Ephesus, the other two live in this city.
Syracuse
They have made worms’ meat of me. I have it, and soundly, too. Your houses!
Mercutio
Brave new world.
The Tempest
In the Tempest, Miranda's father is named this.
Prospero
We hear the chime of this in Julius Caesar, not invented until 1283.
A clock
Most productions of The Comedy of Errors utilizes this style of comedy, named after two pieces of wood hitting each other as an exaggerated sound effect.
Slapstick
So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less, which have solicited—the rest is silence.
Hamlet
At one fell swoop.
Macbeth
Polonius encourages his son Laertes to give ever man this, but not to be too chatty.
His ear
Cleopatra invites Charmain to play this game with balls and cues, not invented until the 15th century.
Billiards
The 1957 adaptation The Merry Mix Up turns the twins into triplets to fit all members of this iconic American comedy troupe.
The Three Stooges
Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will.
Brutus
Method in the madness.
Hamlet
Lear reminds this daughter that nothing comes from nothing.
Cordelia
Henry VI mentions this Italian philosopher most famous for his work The Prince, not born until 4 years after the plays end.
Machiavelli
"Neither ___ nor ___": a phrase pointing out a complete lack of common sense, was first used in The Comedy of Errors
Neither rhyme nor reason
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
Richard III
It’s Greek to me.
Julius Caesar
Hal promises to defeat this rebel and win back his father's affections in Henry IV pt. I
Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
In Mudsummer Night's Dream, Puck mentions this weapon's sound, not around in the play's ancient Greek setting.
A gun
COE is one of two Shakespeare plays that honors Aristotle's Unity of Time, meaning it takes place in this time span.
24 Hours
I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
Othello
The world’s your oyster.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Imogen ignores her father's advice and marries Posthumus in this play.
Cymbeline
This Greek philosopher, known for his own rules on poetics and theatre, is mentioned in Troilus in Cressida, several hundred years before his birth
Aristotle