First Folio Speeches for Men

by Tucker, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781840024197
• ISBN10: 1840024194
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-30
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

First Folio Speeches for Men contains a collection of monologues from the First Folio texts of Shakespeare's plays, ranging from the famous to the less familiar. The text is faithful to the layout, spelling and punctuation in the First Folio, providing clues for the performer to liberate meaning and emotional truth. Detailed notes on how to approach the text complement the selections.

Table of Contents

First folio introduction	p. 16
Notes on the speeches	p. 20
The speeches	p. 31
As you like it
II-1, Duke Senior	p. 32
II-7, Jaques	p. 34
The comedie of errors
V-1, Antipholus of Ephesus	p. 36
Loves labour's lost
III-1, Berowne	p. 38
Measure, for measure
II-2, Angelo	p. 40
III-1, Duke	p. 42
III-1, Claudio	p. 44
The merchant of Venice
I-3, Shylocke	p. 46
III-1, Shylocke	p. 48
III-2, Bassanio	p. 50
A midsommer nights dreame
II-1, Oberon	p. 52
The taming of the shrew
III-3, Petruchio	p. 54
Troylus and Cressida
P, Prologue	p. 56
Twelfe night, or what you will
I-1, Orsino	p. 58
IV-3, Sebastian	p. 60
The two gentlemen of Verona
II-3, Launce	p. 62
The tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra
II-2, Enobarbus	p. 64
The tragedie of Hamlet
I-2, Claudius	p. 66
I-2, Hamlet	p. 68
II-2, Hamlet	p. 70
III-1, Hamlet	p. 72
III-1, Hamlet	p. 74
III-3, Claudius	p. 76
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar
I-2, Cassius	p. 78
I-2, Cassius	p. 80
II-1, Brutus	p. 82
III-1, Mark Antony	p. 84
III-1, Mark Antony	p. 86
III-2, Mark Antony	p. 88
The tragedie of King Lear
I-2, bastard	p. 90
II-2, Edgar	p. 92
The tragedie of Macbeth
I-2, Captaine	p. 94
I-7, Macbeth	p. 96
II-1, Macbeth	p. 98
II-3, Porter	p. 100
III-1, Macbeth	p. 102
The tragedie of Othello
II-1, Iago	p. 104
II-3, Iago	p. 106
V-2, Othello	p. 108
The tragedie of Romeo and Juliet
II-1, Romeo	p. 110
II-3, Frier Lawrence	p. 112
III-1, Benvolio	p. 114
The lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus
I-1, Aaron	p. 116
The tragedie of Cymbeline
II-2, Iachimo	p. 118
II-5, posthumus	p. 120
The tempest
Ep, Prospero	p. 122
The life of Tymon of Athens
IV-1, Timon	p. 124
The winters tale
I-2, Leontes	p. 126
The life and death of King John
II-1, bastard	p. 128
III-2, John	p. 130
The life and death of King Richard the Second
II-1, Gaunt	p. 132
II-2, Yorke	p. 134
III-2, Richard	p. 136
III-3, Richard	p. 137
V-4, Richard	p. 140
The first part of Henry the Fourth
I-2, Prince Hal	p. 143
I-3, Hotspurre	p. 145
III-2, Prince Hal	p. 148
The second part of Henry the Fourth
III-1, King Henry	p. 150
IV-2, Prince Henry	p. 152
The life of Henry the Fift
P, Prologue	p. 154
II-P, Chorus	p. 156
II-1, King Henry	p. 158
III-P, Chorus	p. 160
III-1, King Henry	p. 162
The third part of Henry the Sixt
I-4 Yorke	p. 164
II-4, King Henry	p. 166
The tragedy of Richard the Third
I-1, Richard	p. 168
I-2, Richard	p. 170
I-4, Clarence	p. 172
IV-2, Tyrrel	p. 174
The Shakespearean verse acting check list	p. 176
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