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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... choose the end word . This is particularly important where the end word is one normally unstressed , or where the punctuation leads you to think about running one line into the next ( enjambing ) . Do not do this Shakespeare puts the ...
... choose the end word . This is particularly important where the end word is one normally unstressed , or where the punctuation leads you to think about running one line into the next ( enjambing ) . Do not do this Shakespeare puts the ...
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... CHOOSING WORDS When we say ' choose ' certain words ; as in ' choose the end word ' or ' choose the capitalised words ' or ' choose the second , because you said the first ' , it is up to the actor as to how they choose . In other words ...
... CHOOSING WORDS When we say ' choose ' certain words ; as in ' choose the end word ' or ' choose the capitalised words ' or ' choose the second , because you said the first ' , it is up to the actor as to how they choose . In other words ...
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... choose the final word in each verse line or not , as appropriate . G. By saying it out loud , find the verbal conceits : that is , the rhymes , alliterations , assonances , and repeated words . These help you to decide which words to choose ...
... choose the final word in each verse line or not , as appropriate . G. By saying it out loud , find the verbal conceits : that is , the rhymes , alliterations , assonances , and repeated words . These help you to decide which words to choose ...
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