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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... thine , to the event Of the none - sparing warre ? And is it I , That drive thee from the sportive Court , where thou Was`t shot at with faire eyes , to be the marke Of smoakie Muskets ? O you leaden messengers , That ride upon the ...
... thine , to the event Of the none - sparing warre ? And is it I , That drive thee from the sportive Court , where thou Was`t shot at with faire eyes , to be the marke Of smoakie Muskets ? O you leaden messengers , That ride upon the ...
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... 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 . How comes it now , my ...
... 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 . How comes it now , my ...
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... thine , I will be thine : and till that instant shut My wofull selfe up in a mourning house , Raining the teares of lamentation , For the remembrance of my Fathers death . If this thou do denie , let our hands part , Neither intitled in ...
... thine , I will be thine : and till that instant shut My wofull selfe up in a mourning house , Raining the teares of lamentation , For the remembrance of my Fathers death . If this thou do denie , let our hands part , Neither intitled in ...
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