@jbenjamint@mastodon.scot I think he does, possibly. I don’t think people necessarily have to suffer for art but it is often hard work … and I can imagine what a thrill it would be for the actor, when finally he moves and makes the audience gasp. And, too, Shakespeare is telling the actor that he, the writer, can’t do everything: the boy must use his own talents to convey forgiveness – the key aspect of the scene, indeed of the whole play. The actor’s skills are as crucial as the playwright’s.