— Atendant, The Taming Of The Shrew: Induction 2
🎭Seeing too much sadness hath congealed your blood,
And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy.
Therefore they thought it good you hear a play
And frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
— Attendant, The Taming Of The Shrew: Induction 2,
Hello, friends. This is Elica Miwa, a theatre director/actor in Japan. Today’s Shakespeare For You is of an Attendant in Induction 2 of The Taming Of The Shrew.
[Hakken (discovery) Time]
Well, what shall I say? The phrase tells the merit and goodness and meaning of theatre altogether.
Notice he says not “see or watch a play”, but “hear a play”. From the dawn of the ancient Greek theatre through Shakespeare’s time, theatre was to be heard, which means the words were the keys the audience enjoyed. It does not mean they didn’t have spectacular stage craft, or murder/fight scenes. They do have full of blood and fighting and acrobatic and slapstick comic scenes. But what is important is, the audience enjoy to know what is going on inside the character, and the words conveys it with metaphors and symbolism. And they are the exact points the reason I love classic plays.
What do you think?
How interesting Shakespeare is!
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Elica recites a phrase of the day from The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare with some acting and directing tips.
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Shakespeare For You
