ELICA MIWA

Tag: phrase of the day

  • Wilt Thou Reach Stars [Shakespeare For You]

    Wilt Thou Reach Stars [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Wilt thou reach stars because they shine on thee?

    — Milan, Two Gentlemen of Verona 3-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Duke of Milan finally spotted the evidence of Valentine’s run-away-with-Silvia plan.

    Here, his daughter Silvia is a star, staying high in heaven, our of reach.

    I would play this with anger with scorn.

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  • Love Is Like A Child [Shakespeare For You]

    Love Is Like A Child [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Love is like a child 
    That longs for everything that he can come by.

    — Milan, Two Gentlemen of Verona 3-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Duke of Milan is on the way to trick Valentine.  Proteus has told Milan of Valentine’s fright plan with Milan’s daughter Silvia.  Milan is making a fake profession that he is in love with somebody and wants to get her, and asking for an advice from Valentine.

    I would play Milan who is really a good actor so that even the audience would believe him being in love with someone.

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  • Man That Hath A Tongue [Shakespeare For You]

    Man That Hath A Tongue [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man 

    If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

    — Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 3-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    I would play this casually, but with the feeling of “I am saying something witty, ain’t I?”  The phrase must give some impression on the audience’s mind, for later in the play, we would see it is true to Proteus.

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  • Give Us Leave [Shakespeare For You]

    Give Us Leave [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Sir Turio, give us leave, I pray, awhile; 
    We have some secrets to confer about. 

    — Duke of Milan, Two Gentlemen of Verona 3-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Can you believe that this is the first words of the beginning of a new scene?  It shows that two or three characters appeared as if they were talking or walking, and immediately the Dule says this to Turio.

    If I play Sir Turio, I would be much offended!

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  • Servants to Deceitful Men [Shakespeare For You]

    Servants to Deceitful Men [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 JULIA:  A thousand oaths, and ocean of his tears,
    　　　　　And instances of infinite love
              　　Warrant me welcome to my Proteus. 
    LUCETTA:  All these are servants to deceitful men.

    — Julia & Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Julia really trust good human nature.  Lucetta knows its reality.  I would try very hard to persuade Lucetta.

  • Never Dream On Infamy [Shakespeare For You]

    Never Dream On Infamy [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 JULIA:  I fear me it will make me scandalized. 
    LUCETTA:  If you think so, then stay at home and go not. 
    JULIA:  Nay, that I will not. 
    LUCETTA:  Then never dream on infamy, but go.

    — Julia & Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    All of a sudden, Julia is afraid, by realizing her plan’s craziness.  

    Lucetta is a very skillful coach, isn’t she?  Her question makes Julia see her true wish.

    “Never dream on infamy, but go” really encourages me!

  • In What Habit Will You Go Along? [Shakespeare For You]

    In What Habit Will You Go Along? [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 LUCETTA:  But in what habit will you go along?  

    JULIA:  Not like a woman, for I would prevent
      The loose encounters of lascivious men.

    — Julia & Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    This is the first moment in Shakespearean plays that a female character decides to go “not like a woman”.  Rosalind, Viola, Portia, Jessica, Imogen follow.

    I would think how dangerous at that time to pretend other than your own status.  Julia needed a proper excuse (reason) to become “not like a woman”.  She has chosen it to protect her own chastity, which is fair enough.

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  • Patient As A Gentle Stream [Shakespeare For You]

    Patient As A Gentle Stream [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 I’ll be as patient as a gentle stream
    And make a pastime of each weary step
    Till the last step have brought me to my love,
    And there I’ll rest as after much turmoil
    A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    I would play this as a dreamy romantic girl, imagining herself alone in the beautiful nature.  

    The most important thing in acting this is to let the audience see the scenery as vivid as possible in their brain.  For that, I need to actually see the vivid scenery in my head.

  • His Looks Are My Soul’s Food [Shakespeare For You]

    His Looks Are My Soul’s Food [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 O, knows thou not his looks are my soul’s food?

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    What she love is his looks!  Well, maybe it means not his looks but his presence.

    Still, it is quite sexy to think of him as food.

  • A True Devoted Pilgrim [Shakespeare For You]

    A True Devoted Pilgrim [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭A true-devoted pilgrim is not weary
    To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps; 
    Much less shall she that hath Love’s wings to fly, 

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-7

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Julia has told her maid Lucetta that she is going to visit her love Proteus in Milan.  Lucetta told her the road is long and winding.  And Julia says…

    I would play this as a teacher.  Teach Lucetta what a true pilgrim is like, and with that example, her travel should be much easier.

    I will not forget she compares herself as a pilgrim, which means she deificate Proteus.  

    Here again, we see Shakespeare’s favorite reference of Love and wings.  Also, we notice the example of “pilgrim”, like in Romeo and Juliet.