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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... indicates that she does not make a request and wait for the answer , but ( believing it is not coming ? ) drives on ... indicated otherwise : See Notes 5 & 17 . Editors change ' Th'effect , and hit ' to ' Th'effect , and it ' . The ...
... indicates that she does not make a request and wait for the answer , but ( believing it is not coming ? ) drives on ... indicated otherwise : See Notes 5 & 17 . Editors change ' Th'effect , and hit ' to ' Th'effect , and it ' . The ...
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... indicating business ; in the same way the 6th line is an unfinished line , so stage business is indicated at this point as well : See Note 17 . There are 2 mid - line endings , that keep the speech driving on : See Note 18 . There is a ...
... indicating business ; in the same way the 6th line is an unfinished line , so stage business is indicated at this point as well : See Note 17 . There are 2 mid - line endings , that keep the speech driving on : See Note 18 . There is a ...
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... indicate a more complex attitude than mere horror : See Note 21 . The numerous mid - line endings add to the intensity of the speech : See Note 18 , and the colons in unexpected places give the changing feelings : See Notes 3 & 4 . A ...
... indicate a more complex attitude than mere horror : See Note 21 . The numerous mid - line endings add to the intensity of the speech : See Note 18 , and the colons in unexpected places give the changing feelings : See Notes 3 & 4 . A ...
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