ELICA MIWA

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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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  • 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.

  • Like A Waxen Image ‘Gainst A Fire [Shakespeare For You]

    Like A Waxen Image ‘Gainst A Fire [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭She is fair; and so is Julia that I love — 
    That I did love, for now my love is thawed, 
    Which like a waxen image ‘giants a fire 
    Bears no impression of the thing it was.

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Enjoy the moment he realizes his heart from line 1 to line 2.

    Viola refers about “women’s waxen heart” in The Twelfth Night.  

    I also notice he says “the thing”, after he said “a newer object” just before.  He take woman as objects!!  How do you act this personality?

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  • Reasonless to Reason Thus [Shakespeare For You]

    Reasonless to Reason Thus [Shakespeare For You]

    🎭Even as one heat another heat expels, 
    Or as one nail by strength drives out another, 
    So the remembrance of my former love 
    Is by a newer object quite forgotten. 
    Is it mine eye, or Valentine’s praise, 
    Her true perfection, or my false transgression 
    That makes me reasonless to reason thus?

    — Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona 2-4

    [ACTING TIPS]

    Proteus feels his love toward Julia is pushed away by some strong practical force. 

    Play it with just feeling something is changing.

    Play it with already with gilt, feeling he will betray his friend.

    Enjoy as an actor the playful “true” and “false”, “perfection” and “transgression”, “reasonless” and “reason thus”.  Very Shakespeare.

    I am fascinated by his word choice of “a newer object” which means Silvia.  Why does he have to say that?

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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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