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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... characters speak both prose and poetry , which is a big clue for a gear change between the two . Shakespeare often marked the major changes in a character by the moment they change from mostly speaking in one form , to speaking in the ...
... characters speak both prose and poetry , which is a big clue for a gear change between the two . Shakespeare often marked the major changes in a character by the moment they change from mostly speaking in one form , to speaking in the ...
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... character in switching between complex and simple language is always a wonderful acting clue . NOTE 22 : TITLES If your character addresses someone in different ways , then the way they are said is not the same ! For example , with ...
... character in switching between complex and simple language is always a wonderful acting clue . NOTE 22 : TITLES If your character addresses someone in different ways , then the way they are said is not the same ! For example , with ...
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... character - characters can lie or tell the truth to the audience in the same way that they do to each other . A complex Soliloquy , packed with double meanings and verbal conceits , is hardly a person sincerely telling the audience what ...
... character - characters can lie or tell the truth to the audience in the same way that they do to each other . A complex Soliloquy , packed with double meanings and verbal conceits , is hardly a person sincerely telling the audience what ...
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