I knew you must be edified by the margent ere you had done.
-Horatio [aside to Hamlet]
Hamlet Act V, scene ii, line 154
This is the last scene of Hamlet, so you probably know that the rest of the main characters will be dead shortly. But right now Hamlet is having some fun with Osric the messenger. He’s giving him a hard time, pretending not to understand what Osric is talking about. Apparently margent refers to the margins of the book where extra notes and information can be written. I believe Horatio is using the term figuratively as he refers to the extra information that Hamlet is dragging out of Osric through their back and forth.
I gave a couple of the Snow Village folks a shot at today's line. We got Biff to play some guy reading a book (so in this case the margent actually refers to the margin) and Franklin the Good Humor guy and Percy the cop both gave it their best shot. Biff did okay with both of them (of course, he didn't have any lines to screw up), but I think Franklin handled Horatio's line better than Percy. Being a cop seemed to keep Percy from really immersing himself in the part, but Franklin was a natural. I guess you had to be there.
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