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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... addresses someone in different ways , then the way they are said is not the same ! For example , with Madam , Mistris , Lady , Cousin , Majesty , Your Grace , My Lord , Sir , My Liege etc. each requires a different attitude or gesture ...
... addresses someone in different ways , then the way they are said is not the same ! For example , with Madam , Mistris , Lady , Cousin , Majesty , Your Grace , My Lord , Sir , My Liege etc. each requires a different attitude or gesture ...
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... addresses the spirits as ' you ' , but for her final request it is changed to ' thee ' : See Note 22 . The capitalised words pick out an interesting series of steps through the speech , that is diminished if artificial pauses and ...
... addresses the spirits as ' you ' , but for her final request it is changed to ' thee ' : See Note 22 . The capitalised words pick out an interesting series of steps through the speech , that is diminished if artificial pauses and ...
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... addresses the Dolphin first as ' you ' but ends up with a whole series of ' thee's ' : See Note 22 . Dolphin was the traditional English name for the son of the French King , or Dauphin . The second Part of Henry the Sixt , 1-3 QUEENE ...
... addresses the Dolphin first as ' you ' but ends up with a whole series of ' thee's ' : See Note 22 . Dolphin was the traditional English name for the son of the French King , or Dauphin . The second Part of Henry the Sixt , 1-3 QUEENE ...
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