The First Folio Speeches for WomenPatrick Tucker A volume of monologues for women from the First Folio texts of Shakespeare's plays, from the famous to the less familiar. The texts are faithful to the layout, spelling and punctuation of the First Folio, providing clues for the performer to liberate meaning and emotional truth. Detailed notes on how to approach the texts complement the selections. |
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Page 36
... Sonne : My friends were poore but honest , so's my love : Be not offended , for it hurts not him That he is lov'd of me ; I follow him not By any token of presumptuous suite , Nor would I have him , till I doe deserve him , Yet never ...
... Sonne : My friends were poore but honest , so's my love : Be not offended , for it hurts not him That he is lov'd of me ; I follow him not By any token of presumptuous suite , Nor would I have him , till I doe deserve him , Yet never ...
Page 92
... Sonne , the Husband , and the Father tearing His Countries Bowels out ; and to poore we Thine enmities most capitall : Thou barr'st us Our prayers to the Gods , which is a comfort That all but we enjoy . For how can we ? Alas ! how can ...
... Sonne , the Husband , and the Father tearing His Countries Bowels out ; and to poore we Thine enmities most capitall : Thou barr'st us Our prayers to the Gods , which is a comfort That all but we enjoy . For how can we ? Alas ! how can ...
Page 168
... Sonne , that now is Prince of Wales , For Edward our Sonne , that was Prince of Wales , Dye in his youth , by like untimely violence . Thy selfe a Queene , for me that was a Queene , Out - live thy glory , like my wretched selfe : Long ...
... Sonne , that now is Prince of Wales , For Edward our Sonne , that was Prince of Wales , Dye in his youth , by like untimely violence . Thy selfe a Queene , for me that was a Queene , Out - live thy glory , like my wretched selfe : Long ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
Notes on the Speeches | 22 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 34 |
Copyright | |
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acted as questions actors alliterations and assonances Anthony argument attitude audience behold blood Brutus Cæsar CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ capitalised words capitals character choose the end Cleopatra clue colons and semi-colons CRUZ The University Cymbeline doth double entendre Editors change end words eyes feare feminine ending FOLIO VERSE NOTES full stop Gentlemen of Verona give half-line hath heaven hee's heere Henrie Condell Henry the Sixt Hermia Honor Husbands IMOGEN John Heminge Juliet Julius Cæsar Lady long thoughts looke Lord Macbeth mid-line endings Midsommer Nights Dreame Mistris nice Note 18 Note 22 Note 9 Patrick Tucker pause peize Pisanio play poore PORTIA Pucke punctuation QUEENE MARGARET repetition rhyming couplet Richard Romeo soliloquy Sonne speake speech starts spelling Sunne sweet teare thee thine thinke thou art thou shalt thy selfe Tragedie University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Warre whole speech Wife wretched