cue properly a theatrical term, meaning the last
word or words of a speech, the signal for the next actor to begin; and hence a hint, an
intimation, a part to play in one's turn, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iii. 2. 38; iii. 3. 31; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ii. 1. 274; A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iii. 1. 67; iv. 1. 197; v. 1. 183 ; HENRY V., iii. 6. 119;RICHARD III., iii. 4. 27; HAMLET, ii. 2. 554; KING LEAR, i. 2. 129; OTHELLO, i. 2. 83;
“cues,”
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iii. 1.
90.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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