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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... REPETITION OF A CLUE Sometimes a particular clue ( some alliteration ; a mid - line ending ; some bawdy reference ) is repeated and done many times in one speech . This is in itself a clue - it is a large clue , and a large clue needs a ...
... REPETITION OF A CLUE Sometimes a particular clue ( some alliteration ; a mid - line ending ; some bawdy reference ) is repeated and done many times in one speech . This is in itself a clue - it is a large clue , and a large clue needs a ...
Page 105
... repetition of ' Come ' could be because in effect no - one does : See Notes 13 & 14 . At first , she addresses the spirits as ' you ' , but for her final request it is changed to ' thee ' : See Note 22 . The capitalised words pick out ...
... repetition of ' Come ' could be because in effect no - one does : See Notes 13 & 14 . At first , she addresses the spirits as ' you ' , but for her final request it is changed to ' thee ' : See Note 22 . The capitalised words pick out ...
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... repetition of ' Mortall ' : See Note 13 . There is also repetition of the word ' unnaturall ' , followed by the repetition of the single ' O ' , all of which give insight into the nature of the emotion and attitude : See also Notes 12 ...
... repetition of ' Mortall ' : See Note 13 . There is also repetition of the word ' unnaturall ' , followed by the repetition of the single ' O ' , all of which give insight into the nature of the emotion and attitude : See also Notes 12 ...
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