ELICA MIWA

Tag: life

  • I Am Not Worth This Coil [Shakespeare For You]

    I Am Not Worth This Coil [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 I would that I were low laid in my grave:  I am not worth this coil that’s made for me.

    — Arthur, King John 2-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Arthur is a young boy who is supposed to be the king of Ireland, England, and parts of France, but abducted and killed at the age of 16  This phrase is at the point he is surrounded by many bloody nobles and is about to forcefully separated from his mother.  He says this to his mother.

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  • Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore: Shakespeare For You

    Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore: Shakespeare For You

    🎭 Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end.

    — Sonnet 60

    Theatre educator Malcolm Morrison uses the phrase in his book Classical Acting.  It must be very famous phrase.  You almost hear the sound of pebbles as if it is the clock which pushes you towards your end.  Or, you may feel you are one of those pebbles which are rolled helplessly and washed away.

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