ELICA MIWA

Tag: shakespeare

  • 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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  • Like Tell-Tales [Shakespeare For You]

    Like Tell-Tales [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭What, shall these papers lie like tell-tales here?

    — Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    You can act this in many ways.  Lucetta says to Julia that It is just unforgivable to leave the remains of her act.  

    I chose the phrase only I love the lovely word “tell-tales”. HAHA.

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  • The True Meaning of “Burden” for Shakespeare Girls. [Shakespeare For You]

    The True Meaning of “Burden” for Shakespeare Girls. [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭Heavy?  Belike it hath some burden then? 

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    The word “burden” in Shakespeare, when female characters use, it means to be under the lover or husband in bed, or even to conceive a baby.  

    So, when Julia hears the word “heavy, ” immediately change the meaning into this, at the same time, retain the original meaning of “burden”.  

    Showing the double meaning is one of the trickiest things in Shakespeare.  

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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.

  • Fire That’s Closest Kept Burns Most Of All [Shakespeare For You]

    Fire That’s Closest Kept Burns Most Of All [Shakespeare For You]

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    Julia:  His little speaking shows his love but small.  

    Lucetta:  Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all.  

    — Julia, Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Julia is in love with Proteus (he), and she needs a proof that he is in love with her too.  Lucetta knows that.  

    You may act Julia as stubborn, proud, and showing no love toward him.  Julia will speak her true mind that she is madly in love with him as a monologue later, so be brave to hide it.  

    You may act Lucetta as kind, understanding, nice maid, nursing a stubborn child.

    Try many combination.  Their ages may be quite close, like sisters.

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  • A Woman’s Reason [Shakespeare For You]

    A Woman’s Reason [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 I have no other but a woman’s reason:  I think him so because I think him so.

    — Lucetta, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Lucetta the maid says to her mistress.  A “woman’s reason” means there is no reason.  This phrase makes me smile to imagine young Shakespeare was told so from his girlfriend or from his mother, or maybe from one of his house’s maids.  I love to say this for once.  Anyway, act it proudly, positively, and definitely.

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  • Now We Are Alone [Shakespeare For You]

    Now We Are Alone [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 But say, Lucetta, now we are alone, Wouldst thou then counsel me to fall in love?

    — Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-2

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Julia is to choose a husband from suitors, and ask advice from her maid, Lucetta. 
    This husband choosing with the maid scene is repeated in The Merchant of Venice’s Portia and her maid Nelissa. 

    Both Julia and Portia are going to disguise themselves to be a boy.  But think that you are going to perform both of them, then you must make big differences between these two ladies. 

    How would you do?

    Just to point out for fun that “now we are alone” resembles Hamlet’s “Now I am alone” just before he starts his third soliloquy.

  • My Horns Are His Horns [Shakespeare For You]

    My Horns Are His Horns [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭 Why then, my horns are his horns, whether I wake or sleep.

    — Speed, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-1

    (I said scene 2 in the video; it is scene 1!)

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Speed is the servant to Valentine, and a comic character.  This Master/Servant pair is typical for Renaissance Italian comedy (Commedia Dell’arte), and shows Shakespeare is influenced by it.  So, be funny!  

    You may know the “horn” gag.  When a husband has a horn, it means his wife has betrayed him.  The horn on the head of a man is the proof that this man cannot sexually satisfy his wife.

    The servant is the property of the master.  Therefore, the servant’s property is his master’s.

    “Whether I wake or sleep” is deprived from the Bible.

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