The speech that Hamlet gives to the players means don't over act. The speech is given in Act 3 Scene 2 of the play.
He doesn't put the play on. The players do, at his suggestion, in Act 3 Scene 2.
Act
A one-act play tells an entire dramatic story in one act, usually under half an hour - though some one acts can be as long as ninety minutes. The stories told in a one-act tend to be less complex, since they have less time in which to be told. A three-act play tells a story in three acts, with an intermission typically between acts two and three. These performances can go on between two to three hours. These stories are often more complex, as there is more time allowed for them to unfold.
The three witches appear in Act 1, Scene 1 and Act 1, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. They meet Macbeth and Banquo on the heath and deliver prophecies that set the events of the play in motion.
An act is a section in a play, usually like beginning, middle, and end. Most plays have two or three acts. :)
There are sewing needles, needles on old record players, the act of bothering a person constantly is also called needling.
ACTRA catalogue
Shakespeare's "As You Like it", Act II, scene vii.
Yes, in Scene 1. Act 3 scene 1 is usually a good scene in any Shakespearean play.
Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1
Usually acts are parts of the play that are between intermissions. A one act play does not have an intermission. A two act play has one intermission. A three act play has two intermissions and so on. This was necessary in earlier days to change the scenery on stage while the curtains were closed. An act can have as many scenes as the playwright wants.Acts can be thought of as chapters and scenes as sections (paragraphs) of that chapter.