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  • Ay, and we are betrothed [Shakespeare For You]

    Ay, and we are betrothed [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭Ay, and we are betrothed; nay more, our marriage hour,
    With all the cunning manner of our flight,
    Determined of:  how I must climb her window,
    The ladder made of cords, and all the means
    Plotted and ‘greed on for my happiness.

    — Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Proteus has asked Valentine whether Sylvia loves him.  He is so excited!  Share the top secret to your best friend, trusting he is for you.  Proteus, never show your jealousy when listening this.

    Flight from the window, climbing up her window with the ladder, because her parents do not approve their love.  Yes, very Romeo and Juliet.
    Also, telling the secret of love-flight reminds me of Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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

    He Is A Kind Of Chameleon [Shakespeare For You]

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    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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  • Please You Deliberate A Day Or Two [Shakespeare For You]

    Please You Deliberate A Day Or Two [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭My Lord, I cannot be so soon provided;
    Please you deliberate a day or two.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    The line seems similar to what Juliet says to her father when she is ordered to get married Paris. 

    Of course the play is a comedy, but don’t forget his seriousness.  If you play serious, then it would be more interesting when he changes his love so quickly as soon as he comes to Milan. 

    “My Lord” is his father.  So the status differences are very strict. 

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  • What I will, I will. [Shakespeare For You]

    What I will, I will. [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭For what I will, I will, and there an end.

    — Antonio, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Father tries to keep his status high.

    I love the phrase. So compact and so definite!

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  • Sweet Love, Sweet Lines, Sweet Life [Shakespeare For You]

    Sweet Love, Sweet Lines, Sweet Life [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭Sweet love, sweet lines, sweet life! 
    Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; 
    Here is her oath for love, her honour’s pawn.  
    O, that our fathers would applaud our loves
    To seal our happiness with their consents. 
    O heavenly Julia! 

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    I love his usage of 3 Sweet Ls.  Then he repeats “Here is her~”, and then two big senteces starting with “O”.

    “O” is thought to be something even Shakespeare could not portray with words.  At the same time, frequent repetitive usage of “O” is a proof of dumbness.

    He has a love letter from Julia in his hand.  Since this is a soliloquy, basically you are talking to the audience to share your thoughts.

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  • How To Become A Perfect Man [Shakespeare For You]

    How To Become A Perfect Man [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 And how he cannot be a perfect man
    Not being tried and tutored in the world.

    — Antonio, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Antonio, the father to Proteus, hits the greatest idea to make his son go abroad.  Stress the word “perfect” and “world”.

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  • Insults? [Shakespeare For You]

    Insults? [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 You, minion, are too saucy.  

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    You get mad too quickly!  Shut Lucetta up, with affection.  

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  • Maids in Modesty Say “No” [Shakespeare For You]

    Maids in Modesty Say “No” [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭Since maids in modesty say ‘No’ to that Which they would have the profferer construe ‘Ay’.

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    You can say this as a maid in modesty, or not.  You can put a mood of sadness, frustration, or helplessness.  Try various feelings and moods.

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  • They Do Not Love [Shakespeare For You]

    They Do Not Love [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭They do not love that do not show their love.

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Again, Julia is in love with Proteus (he), and she needs a proof that he is in love with her too.  But Proteus does not show his love enough for her.

    You may act Julia with frustration, fear, or worry.

  • Shallow Story of Deep Love [Shakespeare For You]

    Shallow Story of Deep Love [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 That’s on some shallow story of deep love.  How young Leander cross’d the Hellespont.

    — Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    One of the “hard-to-understand” phrases for the modern audience.  Leander is a Greek mythological character who is in Hero and Leander story.  It is a love tragedy so popular during Shakespearean era.  Hero and Leander were in love secretly.  Leander swam the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) to see her every night.  But one night, he lost the way and drowned.  Shakespeare refers the theme of Hero & Leander many times. 

    From this line, two gentlemen of Verona interchange conversation for a minute, on shallow, deep, love, and boots, aa a word-association game.  So, be playful.  Pick up the word you want to change the meaning upside down.  Win the game.