Performing ShakespeareNick Hern Books, 2007 - 274 pages Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, Oliver Ford Davies offers practical advice to actors, directors, and drama students on a wide variety of scenes, characters, speeches, and individual lines from almost every one of the plays. An authoritative, hands-on guide through the practical challenges involved in performing Shakespeare. |
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Page 95
... Thou ' generally implies intimacy , while ' you ' is more distancing . Superiors could ' thou ' inferiors , but expected ' you ' in return . Toby Belch advises Aguecheek that he can put his rival Cesario down by calling him ' thou ...
... Thou ' generally implies intimacy , while ' you ' is more distancing . Superiors could ' thou ' inferiors , but expected ' you ' in return . Toby Belch advises Aguecheek that he can put his rival Cesario down by calling him ' thou ...
Page 114
... thou say , Iago ? IAGO Did Michael Cassio , when you wooed my lady , Know of your love ? OTHELLO He did , from first to last . Why dost thou ask ? IAGO But for a satisfaction of my thought , No further harm . OTHELLO Why of thy thought ...
... thou say , Iago ? IAGO Did Michael Cassio , when you wooed my lady , Know of your love ? OTHELLO He did , from first to last . Why dost thou ask ? IAGO But for a satisfaction of my thought , No further harm . OTHELLO Why of thy thought ...
Page 185
... thou art rich , thou'rt poor ' ends with the long slow vowels of ' Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey , And death unloads thee . ' The speech is rich in alliteration ( ' bear'st are nursed by baseness ' ) ; in paradox ( ' If ...
... thou art rich , thou'rt poor ' ends with the long slow vowels of ' Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey , And death unloads thee . ' The speech is rich in alliteration ( ' bear'st are nursed by baseness ' ) ; in paradox ( ' If ...
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