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 65
... starts with some good alliterations ' My / Mistris / monster ' : See Note 10 . The speech is a good candidate for illustration : See Note 24 . The mention of rehearsal in the speech confuses some people ; this is after all an amateur ...
... starts with some good alliterations ' My / Mistris / monster ' : See Note 10 . The speech is a good candidate for illustration : See Note 24 . The mention of rehearsal in the speech confuses some people ; this is after all an amateur ...
Page 101
... starts and ends with the idea ' ungentle ' : See Note 13 . The next thought is also long , ending mid - line - adding momentum and drive to the speech . She starts by addressing him as ' Brutus ' — but ends by calling him ' my Lord ...
... starts and ends with the idea ' ungentle ' : See Note 13 . The next thought is also long , ending mid - line - adding momentum and drive to the speech . She starts by addressing him as ' Brutus ' — but ends by calling him ' my Lord ...
Page 177
... starts : Now ( by my modesty ) a goodly Broker :) Brave Warriors , Clifford and Northumberland , Page 162 But I do thinke it is their Husbands faults Page 110 ( starts : Yes , a dozen : ... ) By the same token you are a Bawd . Page 74 ...
... starts : Now ( by my modesty ) a goodly Broker :) Brave Warriors , Clifford and Northumberland , Page 162 But I do thinke it is their Husbands faults Page 110 ( starts : Yes , a dozen : ... ) By the same token you are a Bawd . Page 74 ...
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