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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... never words were musicke to thine eare , That never object pleasing in thine eye , That never touch well welcome to thy hand , That never meat sweet - savour'd in thy taste , Unlesse I spake , or look'd , or touch'd , or carv'd to thee ...
... never words were musicke to thine eare , That never object pleasing in thine eye , That never touch well welcome to thy hand , That never meat sweet - savour'd in thy taste , Unlesse I spake , or look'd , or touch'd , or carv'd to thee ...
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... never , never Must I behold my pretty Arthur more . FIRST FOLIO VERSE NOTES : The word ' mad ' is repeated 7 times : See Note 13 . There is good alliteration : ' make me mad ' : See Note 10 . The long spelling of ' mee ' is a good help ...
... never , never Must I behold my pretty Arthur more . FIRST FOLIO VERSE NOTES : The word ' mad ' is repeated 7 times : See Note 13 . There is good alliteration : ' make me mad ' : See Note 10 . The long spelling of ' mee ' is a good help ...
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Patrick Tucker. Never , O never doe his Ghost the wrong , To hold your Honor more precise and nice With others , then with him . Let them alone : The Marshall and the Arch - bishop are strong . Had my sweet Harry had but halfe their ...
Patrick Tucker. Never , O never doe his Ghost the wrong , To hold your Honor more precise and nice With others , then with him . Let them alone : The Marshall and the Arch - bishop are strong . Had my sweet Harry had but halfe their ...
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