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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Page 56
... stand , Such as I am ; though for my selfe alone I would not be ambitious in my wish , To wish my selfe much better , yet for you , I would be trebled twenty times my selfe , A thousand times more faire , ten thousand times More rich ...
... stand , Such as I am ; though for my selfe alone I would not be ambitious in my wish , To wish my selfe much better , yet for you , I would be trebled twenty times my selfe , A thousand times more faire , ten thousand times More rich ...
Page 86
... Stands he , or sits he ? Or does he walke ? Or is he on his Horse ? Oh happy horse to beare the weight of Anthony ! Do ... stand and make his eyes grow in my brow , There would he anchor his Aspect , and dye With looking on his life ...
... Stands he , or sits he ? Or does he walke ? Or is he on his Horse ? Oh happy horse to beare the weight of Anthony ! Do ... stand and make his eyes grow in my brow , There would he anchor his Aspect , and dye With looking on his life ...
Page 126
... standing To prate and talke for Life , and Honor , fore Who please to come , and heare . For Life , I prize it As I weigh Griefe ( which I would spare :) For Honor , ' Tis a derivative from me to mine , And onely that I stand for . I ...
... standing To prate and talke for Life , and Honor , fore Who please to come , and heare . For Life , I prize it As I weigh Griefe ( which I would spare :) For Honor , ' Tis a derivative from me to mine , And onely that I stand for . I ...
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