ELICA MIWA

Author: ELICAMIWA

  • If We Shadows Have Offended [Shakespeare For You]

    If We Shadows Have Offended [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 If we shadows have offended, 
    Think but this, and all is mended,

    That you have but slumb’red here,
    While these visions did appear.

    And this weak and idle theme,
    No more yielding but a dream,

    Gentles, do not reprehend,
    If you pardon, we will mend.

    And as I am an honest Puck,
    If we have unearned luck

    Now to ‘scape the serpent’s tongue,
    We will make amends ere long;

    Else the Puck a liar call.
    So, good night unto you all.

    Give me your hands, if we be friends,
    And Robin shall restore amends.

    I held a Shakespeare Speech Festival with my fellow and student actors, and I have already shared my speech of Jaques.  I also did a speech of Puck, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and here it is.  

    😅 I did miss a word, sorry.

  • All The World’s A Stage [Shakespeare For You]

    All The World’s A Stage [Shakespeare For You]

    Happy Birthday, My Dear Will!

    Yes, 23rd of April in 1564, he is said to have been born, and died definitely on that day in 1616.

    My acting lesson students wanted to have a monologue/soliloquy presentation, and I also did two speeches.

    Here is one of them, Jaques.  All the world’s a stage.

  • Kameido Shrine with Wisteria, and “Too Low A Mistress” [Shakespeare For You]

    Kameido Shrine with Wisteria, and “Too Low A Mistress” [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Sylvia:  Too low a mistress for so high a servant.
    Proteus:  Not so, sweet lady, but too mean a servant
    　　　　 To have a look of such a worthy mistress.

    — Sylvia & Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    This is the first ever conversation between Sylvia and Proteus.  Sylvia, right after hearing what a splendid gentleman he is, from Valentine.  So she is very interested in him.  Her father says he is worth her husband, and she looks at him as a potential future husband.  

    On the other hand, Proteus has made a vow to his lady Julia in Verona.  He can be struck with Sylvia’s sophisticated manners and beauty, but he then more strongly tell himself that he would not be moved.  That makes the play more interesting.

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  • Kameido Shrine with Wisteria, and With Good Grace To Grace A Gentleman [Shakespeare For You]

    Kameido Shrine with Wisteria, and With Good Grace To Grace A Gentleman [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 His years but young, but his experience old;  
    His head and unmellowed, but his judgement ripe; 
    And in a word, for far behind his worth 
    Comes all the praises that I now bestow, 
    He is complete in feature and in mind, 
    With all good grace to grace a gentleman.

    — Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Valentine is talking to Sylvia about his best friend Proteus who has just arrived at Milan.  His excitement is the key of the coming action (that Sylvia falls in love with Proteus).

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  • He Is A Kind Of Chameleon [Shakespeare For You]

    He Is A Kind Of Chameleon [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 

    Silvia:  What, angry, Sir Turio?  Do you change colour?  

    Valentine:  Give him leave, madam, he is a  kind of chameleon.  

    Turio:  That hath more mind to feed on your blood than live in your air.

    — Silvia, Valentine, and Turio, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    This is a word-fight in a comic scene.  They are no servants.  Both of them are Sirs.  Keep your status high and pull your counterpart lower down.  Mind that even it is a comedy, the characters are serious.  Maybe too serious, but not dark.  Silvia enjoys her status which were held higher and higher as both boys fight for her. 

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  • If The River Were Dry [Shakespeare For You]

    If The River Were Dry [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Lose the tide, and the voyage, and the master, and the service, and the tied?  Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with my tears; if the wind were down, I could drive the boat with my sighs.

    — Lance, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    When acting a comic character, be serious and with low status, and sudden changes.  Take everything as too much.  You can be crying, angry, weeping, whimpering, or whatever.  Only, do not try to be funny.

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  • This Parting Strikes Poor Lovers Dumb [Shakespeare For You]

    This Parting Strikes Poor Lovers Dumb [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Alas, this parting strikes poor lovers dumb.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    The last sentence of each scene makes the key moment in Shakespeare plays.  It gives a drive to keep the play going.  With energy.  With a big breath.  Grab the audience.

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  • What, Gone Without A Word?

    What, Gone Without A Word?

    🎭 Julia, farewell. 
                                 What, gone without a word? 
    Ay so true love should do: it cannot speak, 
    For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Proteus feels a bit of frustration when he finds Julia has gone before he leaves.  He probably wants her to see him off.  We all know that “left unattended” feeling, don’t we?  And think up any reasonable cause which suit him.

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  • Seal The Bargain With A Holy Kiss [Shakespeare For You]

    Seal The Bargain With A Holy Kiss [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 

    Julia:  Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake. 

    Proteus:  Why then, we’ll make exchange:  here, take you this.  

    Julia:  And seal the bargain with a holy kiss. 

    — Julia & Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    The conversation reminds me of Romeo and Juliet.  They exchange holy kiss with their palms.  And the whole love-bonding “ceremony” is lead by Julia, like Juliet takes the lead in the balcony scene.  The exchange of the ring appears in many Shakespeare plays, too.  

    I am amused with the casual feeling of Proteus.  Of course you can play him seriously, but the weight of his words looks lighter than Julia’s.  What do you think?

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  • To You Two Thousand [Shakespeare For You]

    To You Two Thousand [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Sir Valentine, servant, to you two thousand.

    — Sylvia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Remember my cast yesterday?  Valentine greeted Sylvia:  Madam, and mistress, a thousand good-morrows.  This is her reply.  

    Feel the sense of humour, but keep your serious face with high status.  She loves Valentine, but do not show it yet.  Therefore, play cool.

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