| When the fate of Ophelia is revealed |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2026 |
| Penultimate part of any Shakespeare play |
The Washington Post Mini |
01 Jun 2026 |
| When Ophelia goes mad in "Hamlet" |
Universal |
24 Feb 2026 |
| Last quarter for the players? |
The Washington Post Mini |
31 Dec 2025 |
| Final part of "Il Trovatore" |
LA Times Mini |
14 Dec 2025 |
| When Ophelia dies in "Hamlet" |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Last part of some plays |
LA Times Mini |
24 May 2025 |
| Penultimate part of most Shakespeare plays |
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| When Portia says, "The quality of mercy is not strained" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2025 |
| When we learn of Ophelia's drowning |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2025 |
| When Brutus sees the ghost of Julius Caesar |
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| Last part of a play, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2024 |
| When Juliet drinks the sleeping potion (2 wds.) |
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| When "eye of newt" is used |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Last part of "The Seagull" |
LA Times Mini |
02 Aug 2024 |
| When Juliet drinks the potion (2 wds.) |
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| Romeo makes no appearance in it |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2024 |
| End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2024 |
| When the witches in "Macbeth" say "Double, double toil and trouble" |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2024 |
| When Claudius and Laertes plot to kill Hamlet |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2023 |
| When Juliet drinks the potion |
New York Times |
21 May 2023 |
| Play ender, often |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2023 |
| End of 'Hedda Gabler,' e.g. |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2023 |
| End of 'Hedda Gabler,' e.g |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2022 |
| When Juliet drinks a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead |
New York Times |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Juliet appears in it, but Romeo doesn’t |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2022 |
| End of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' e.g |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Second to last part of a Shakespeare play |
Universal |
03 Apr 2022 |
| When we learn of Ophelia’s drowning in “Hamlet” |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Preceder of many a play's climax |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Penultimate part of 'King Lear' |
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| Next-to-last part of ''Macbeth'' |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Fourth section of a play |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Part of 'Romeo and Juliet' in which Juliet fakes her death |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Second-to-last "Macbeth" section |
Universal |
06 Nov 2020 |
| When Aida dies in Verdi's 'Aida' |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2020 |
| When we learn of Ophelia’s drowning |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2020 |
| When Prospero says 'We are such stuff / As dreams are made on' |
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| Second-to-last part of "Othello" |
Universal |
19 Jun 2020 |
| When Prospero says, 'We are such stuff / As dreams are made on' |
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| When Prospero says, "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Second-to-last part of a Shakespeare play |
Universal |
17 Dec 2019 |
| When Prospero says, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2019 |
| When Prospero says, 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on' |
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| End of ''Aida'' |
Newsday |
31 May 2019 |
| Next-to-last part of ''Macbeth'' |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2018 |
| ''La Bohème'' finale |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Part of a long play |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2018 |
| When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are last seen in 'Hamlet' |
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| When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are last seen in "Hamlet" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2018 |
| When the 'Macbeth' witches add 'eye of newt' |
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| When the "Macbeth" witches add "eye of newt" |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2018 |
| Last part of Aida |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| When the "Macbeth" witches add "eye of newt" |
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| When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are last seen in "Hamlet" |
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| Fifth of a play, often |
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| End of ''Aïda'' |
Newsday |
19 May 2017 |
| 'Double, double toil and trouble' time |
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| "Double, double toil and trouble" time |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2017 |
| End of ''The Crucible'' |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2017 |
| When Ophelia drowns |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Mar 2017 |
| When "eye of newt" is mentioned in "Macbeth" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2017 |
| "Double, double toil and trouble" time |
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| When Ophelia drowns |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2016 |
| When 'Double, double toil and trouble' is chanted in 'Macbeth' |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Part of "Hamlet" in which Ophelia drowns |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2016 |
| When "Double, double toil and trouble" is chanted in "Macbeth" |
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| When a "Macbeth" witch says, "Something wicked this way comes" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2015 |
| When Otello dies in 'Otello' |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2015 |
| When Othello hides to overhear Cassio's boasting |
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| When John Proctor confesses in 'The Crucible' |
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| End of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' e.g |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2015 |
| Shakespearean penult |
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| Play ender, often |
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| Next-to-last part of "Hamlet" |
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| When a "Macbeth" witch says, "Something wicked this way comes" |
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| When Othello hides to overhear Cassio's boasting |
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| When John Proctor confesses in "The Crucible" |
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| When Otello dies in "Otello" |
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| End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," e.g. |
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| Section of a long play |
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| When "Ave Maria" is sung in "Otello" |
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| When Ophelia makes her last appearance |
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| When Juliet drinks the potion |
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| When Juliet drinks the potion |
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| When Othello says to Desdemona, "... would thou hadst ne'er been born!" |
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| When "eye of newt" is used |
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| When the witches in "Macbeth" say "Double, double toil and trouble" |
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| When Othello says to Desdemona, "... would thou hadst ne'er been born!" |
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| "Hamlet" part that opens with Claudius, Gertrude, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern |
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| Section of "Romeo and Juliet" when Juliet fakes her death |
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| Play's end, perhaps |
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| When Carmen is stabbed |
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| When "Ave Maria" is heard in "Otello" |
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| Chekhov play ending, often |
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| When Ophelia drowns, in "Hamlet" |
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| Juliet drinks the poison in it |
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| When Otello dies |
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| Penultimate part of "Hamlet" |
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| When Ophelia drowns |
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| When Brutus sees Caesar's ghost |
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| When Brutus sees Caesar's ghost |
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| When Ophelia drowns |
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| Last part of "The Crucible" |
|
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| Last part of "The Crucible" |
|
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| Part of a long play |
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| Part of "Macbeth" when the witches make their prophecies |
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| When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are last seen |
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| End of "The Crucible" |
|
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| When Carmen dies |
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| When Carmen dies |
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| When Antony says "I am dying, Egypt, dying" |
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| Last part of some plays |
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| End of some plays |
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| It starts in Friar Laurence's cell in "Romeo and Juliet" |
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| When Ophelia drowns |
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| When "eye of newt" is mentioned in "Macbeth" |
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| Last part of "Man and Superman" |
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| Part of "The Tempest" |
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| When Mimi dies in "La Boheme" |
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| When the line "Double, double toil and trouble" is delivered in "Macbeth" |
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| In "Macbeth," it starts with the line "Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd" |
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| Last part of 'Aida,' e.g. |
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| When Bottom returns in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
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| When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are last seen |
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| Play part |
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| When Proctor renounces his confession, in "The Crucible" |
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| When Proctor renounces his confession, in "The Crucible" |
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| When Ophelia drowns |
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| When Ophelia drowns, in "Hamlet" |
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| When Ophelia drowns, in "Hamlet" |
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| Play conclusion, perhaps |
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| Penultimate part of "Macbeth" |
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| Play division |
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| When Antony dies in "Antony and Cleopatra" |
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| Play finale, perhaps |
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| When in "Macbeth" we hear "Eye of newt..." |
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| Play section |
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| When Juliet "dies" for the first time |
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| Part of "The Tempest" |
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| Play segment |
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| Last of "Aida" |
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| The last of "Aïda" |
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| Part of "Othello" |
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| When Oswald dies in "King Lear" |
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| Part of "Macbeth." |
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| Part of 23 Down. |
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| When Ophelia dies, in "Hamlet" |
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