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Before achieving the throne he seems neurasthenically preoccupied, but at his coronation he is as playful as a youngster with a shiny new toy.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Burton, Hamlet's madness is a tactic and he goes to great lengths to show that this Hamlet is play-acting madness rather than edging neurasthenically close to it.

From Time Magazine Archive