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For special effects of bloody actors, a certain animal part was filled with blood and was punctured on stage, usually with a sword. What was it?

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ladders filled with the blood of animals such as sheep or bulls were concealed beneath the actor's costumes which could be pierced by the points of daggers or swords used in stage fights, or just a thump to the chest could produce a gruesome death scene. Canons were included in the Globe Theatre Special Effects.

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