ELICA MIWA

Tag: phrase of the day

  • 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]

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    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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  • If You Love Her, You Cannot See Her [Shakespeare For You]

    If You Love Her, You Cannot See Her [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Speed:  If you love her, you cannot see her. 
    Valentine:  Why?  
    Speed:  Because Love is blind.

    — Speed & Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-1

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Enjoy Speed.  You can actually do whatever you like.  Just tickle Valentine in the end.  Valentine, don’t assume Speed is joking.  Be serious, and may be a little angry.

    The phrase “Love is blind” appears in many of his plays.   It can be said almost all love relationships in his plays get in trouble because of this.

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  • Why This It Is [Shakespeare For You]

    Why This It Is [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Why this it is:  my heart accords thereto,
    And yet a thousand times it answers ‘No”.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    (In the video, I say “Why, this is it.”  Shakespeare says “Why, this it is”. (same meaning)

    This is an interesting phrase.  Check the mixed feeling in him, part of it is willing to go, and the other part still saying no.  Be amused. 

    Or, it seems he is ready to go, but tells us his unwillingness only because he doesn’t want us to see him changeable.

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  • The Uncertain Glory of An April Day [Shakespeare For You]

    The Uncertain Glory of An April Day [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭O, how this spring of love resembleth
    The uncertain glory of an April day,
    Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
    And by and by a cloud takes all away.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-3

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Be dramatic, tragic, poetic.  But all the feelings must be real.  Look at the sky.

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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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  • 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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