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 114
... blood bayting in my Cheekes , With thy Blacke mantle , till strange Love grow bold , Thinke true Love acted simple modestie : Come night , come Romeo , come thou day in night , For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter then new ...
... blood bayting in my Cheekes , With thy Blacke mantle , till strange Love grow bold , Thinke true Love acted simple modestie : Come night , come Romeo , come thou day in night , For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter then new ...
Page 142
... blood no living fire ? Edwards seven sonnes ( whereof thy selfe art one ) Were as seven violles of his Sacred blood , Or seven faire branches springing from one roote : Some of those seven are dride by natures course , Some of those ...
... blood no living fire ? Edwards seven sonnes ( whereof thy selfe art one ) Were as seven violles of his Sacred blood , Or seven faire branches springing from one roote : Some of those seven are dride by natures course , Some of those ...
Page 166
... blood From cold and empty Veines where no blood dwels . Thy Deeds inhumane and unnaturall , Provokes this Deluge most unnaturall . O God ! which this Blood mad'st , revenge his death : O Earth ! which this Blood drink'st , revenge his ...
... blood From cold and empty Veines where no blood dwels . Thy Deeds inhumane and unnaturall , Provokes this Deluge most unnaturall . O God ! which this Blood mad'st , revenge his death : O Earth ! which this Blood drink'st , revenge his ...
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