less is known about other features of staging and production. stage props seem to have been minimal, although costuming was as elaborate as was feasible. the "two hours' traffic" mentioned in the prologue to "romeo and juliet" was not fanciful; the city government's hostility meant that performances were officially limited to that length of time. though it is not known how seriously companies took such injunctions, it seems likely either that plays were performed at near-breakneck speed or that the play-texts now extant were cut for performance, or both.