The first known use of this dramatic convention is presented in "sundry languages," as each character speaks in a different tongue; in that work, Erasto is slain by a bashaw, which motivates Perseda to stab Soliman. In another play that uses this dramatic convention, every time the phrase "I've heard of people being stuck with a problem, but this is ridiculous" is said, a burglar enters through a window. Mrs. Clackett repeatedly loses her plate of sardines in that play that uses this dramatic convention, Noises Off. In another use of this dramatic convention, the Man in the Moon is thanked for his "sunny beams," and secrets are whispered through a "crannied hole" in a wall. For 10 points, the Rude Mechanicals from A Midsummer Night's Dream tell the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in what type of "nested" dramatic convention? ■END■
ANSWER: play within a play [or metadrama]
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