Shakescenes

by Brown, John Russell

• ISBN13: 9781557830494
• ISBN10: 1557830495
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

Summary

35 scenes from Shakespeare are presented in newly-edited texts, with notes which clarify meanings, topical references, puns, ambiguities, etc. A brief description of characters and situation prefaces each scene, and is followed by a commentary which discusses its major acting challenges and opportunities. Each scene has been chosen for its independent life requiring only the simplest of stage properties and the barest of spaces.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Advice to Actors	5	(36)
SCENES FOR ONE ACTOR AND ONE ACTRESS
Henry VI, Part Two, Act III, Scene ii.	41	(6)
Queen Margaret
Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene ii.	47	(11)
Romeo
Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene i.	58	(5)
Demetrius
Helena
The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene ii.	63	(11)
Portia
Bassanio
Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene i.	74	(6)
Benedick
Beatrice
As You Like It, Act III, Scene ii.	80	(8)
Rosalind
Orlando
Hamlet, Act III, Scene i.	88	(6)
Hamlet
Ophelia
All's Well that Ends Well, Act IV, Scene ii.	94	(7)
Bertram
Diana
Othello, Act, V, Scene ii.	101	(8)
Othello
Desdemona
Measure for Measure, Act III, Scene i.	109	(8)
Claudio
Isabella
Macbeth, Act II, Scene ii.	117	(7)
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth, Act III, Scene ii.	124	(7)
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene iii.	131	(8)
Antony
Cleopatra
Cymbeline, Act III, Scene ii.	139	(6)
Pisanio
Imogen
The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene iv.	145	(7)
Florizel
Perdita
SCENES FOR TWO ACTRESSES
The Comedy of Errors, Act II, Scene i and Act IV, Scene ii.	152	(6)
Adriana
Luciana
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, Scene ii.	158	(10)
Julia
Lucetta
Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene v.	168	(5)
Juliet
Nurse
Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene v.	173	(5)
Lady Capulet
Juliet
The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene ii.	178	(7)
Portia
Nerissa
As You Like It, Act III, Scene ii.	185	(6)
Celia
Rosalind
Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene v.	191	(8)
Viola
Olivia
Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene i.	199	(6)
Viola
Olivia
All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene iii.	205	(8)
Helena
Countess
Othello, Act IV, Scene iii.	213	(8)
Emilia
Desdemona
SCENES FOR TWO ACTORS
Henry VI, Part Three, Act V, Scene vi	221	(7)
King Henry VI
Richard
King John, Act IV, Scene ii.	228	(6)
Hubert
King John
Henry IV, Part One, Act I, Scene ii.	234	(7)
Prince Henry
Sir John Falstaff
Henry IV, Part Two, Act IV, Scene v.	241	(8)
King Henry IV
Prince Henry
Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene iii.	249	(8)
Cassius
Brutus
Hamlet, Act V, Scene i.	257	(6)
King Lear, Act IV, Scene vi.	263	(7)
Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene v.	270	(7)
Aufidius
Coriolanus
The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene iii.	277	(7)
Autolycus
Young Shepherd
The Tempest, Act II, Scene i.	284
Antonio
Sebastian