"Such Tweet Sorrow Such Tweet Sorrow is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet in tweets. During the period of five weeks (April 10, 2010 – May 12, 2010) six professional actors performed the play on Twitter and other web devices. The actors improvised around a prepared story grid and could interact with each other and react to followers, fans, real events and comments via Twitter. The play was a cooperation between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Mudlark Production Company. The story of Romeo and Juliet's love is taken to the 21st century and is set in an"
"(Act 2 Scene 5, lines 118-19). The play is accurately structured with paradox and ambivalence in order to convey the antitheses that make Shakespeare's work remarkable. Ambivalence in this play is the contrasting response of one's own character. It may be perceived as opposition between word and deed but not to be confused with ""duality."" For example, after Antony abandons his army during the sea battle to follow Cleopatra, he expresses his remorse and pain in his famous speech: <poem> All is lost; This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me: My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder They cast"
"marry him. One of the play's defining moments is the point when Garrick's feigned drunkenness appears to work, and Ada forces him to leave the party. Garrick makes an exit of high comedy, improving upon past insults to the other guests and quoting from Shakespeare's Coriolanus before destroying a window fixture with his exit: ADA. If you do not leave, the servants shall turn you out. GARRICK. And serve him right, too. (releases SMITH, and goes up C., a little. To INGOT, aside). Get me out of this, I can't bear it longer. (aloud) Put out old Coco. I am"
"the pain suffered by her grieving mother, Francis kneels and forswears marriage. Moll kneels too, but in an aside she says that she would never dream of forgoing marriage for her father's sake. In fact, she is very eager to get married as soon as possible. Everyone exits except Edmond. Left alone on stage, Edmond bids his father an unsentimental farewell. He makes plans to run his affairs following his father's example—in other words, he will cheat others ruthlessly and seek to please himself above all. Scene 2: A street The second scene introduces another set of characters, the play's"
"most famous verses in the play come from the funeral song of Act IV, Scene 2, which begins: The first two lines are quoted by Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway by the two main characters Clarissa and Septimus Smith. The lines, which turn Mrs. Dalloway's thoughts to the trauma of the First World War, are at once an elegiac dirge and a profoundly dignified declaration of endurance. The song provides a major organisational motif for the novel. The final couplet also appears in the Anton Myrer novel, ""The Last Convertible"". The last two lines appear to have inspired T. S."
"Sonnet 97 Sonnet 97 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. It is the first of three sonnets describing a separation between the speaker and the beloved. My separation from you has seemed like winter, since you give pleasure to the year. Winter has seemed to be everywhere, even though in reality our separation occurred during summer and fall, when the earth produces plant life like a widow giving birth after the death"
"them, Ariel.</poem> Shakespeare's act 3, scene 2, in which Prospero accepts Ferdinand and Miranda's relationship, and later in act 4, scene 1, his: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">for I Have given you here a third of mine own life</poem> contrasts sharply with the end of Oakes' act 2 in which Miranda and Ferdinand find each other again and declare their love, as they are watched over by Prospero, who frees Ferdinand but laments his loss of power in: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">Miranda I've lost her I cannot rule their minds My child has conquered me A stronger power than mine Has set the"
"Sonnet 33 Shakespeare's Sonnet 33 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. This sonnet is the first of what are sometimes called the estrangement sonnets, numbers 33–36: poems concerned with the speaker's response to an unspecified ""sensual fault"" mentioned in (35) committed by his beloved. Nicolaus Delius notes thematic and stylistic parallels to the last scene of ""The Two Gentlemen of Verona"". George Steevens and Edward Dowden were among the first to group"
"to others that we know not of.<br> Aye that, O this conscience makes cowards of us all,<br> Lady in thy orizons, be all my sins remembered. The text of the Second Quarto (Q2) is considered the earliest version of the play. In Q2 the whole nunnery scene including 'To be' takes place later in the play than in Q1 where it occurs directly after Claudius and Polonius have planned it and the addition of ""Soft you now"", suggesting that Hamlet has not (or is feigning having not) seen Ophelia thus far during his speech. To be, or not to be,"
"The lyrics during the chorus talk about Madonna saying goodbye to a lover, who had taken her for granted. The title plays upon the verse in the song ""all the world is a stage and everyone has their part"", a reference to a line by William Shakespeare in his play ""As You Like It"", ""All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mere players"". In his book """", author J. Randy Taraborrelli describes the song as a ""somber, sarcastic, all-the-world's-a-stage song about unrequited love... [about a subject] whose phoniness might have fooled everyone else, but not her."""
"controversy over whether this play was genuinely Shakespeare's. He concludes that the verse shows that it certainly was, a judgement borne out by later critics. Hazlitt remarks that ""Richard II"", less well known than ""Richard III"", is the finer play. Worth noting is the exchange of places between the King and Bolingbroke, the usurping king—""The steps by which Bolingbroke mounts the throne are those by which Richard sinks into the grave""— and he compares the manner and politics of the age with those of his own. Among various poetical passages, he finds the speech of John of Gaunt in praise"
"drama include the wedding choruses in Act I and the replacement of the intimate ""Pater Noster"" episode in the tavern scene of Act II, Tableau 1 with a comic ensemble scene. Act I, Tableau 1. In MacGregor's castle, Mary, who in her heart really loves William, is being wed to Douglas. The guests celebrate the wedding. MacGregor blesses the couple. Margaret intones a portentous song with the line ""Why is your sword so red with blood, Edward""? This disturbs Douglas, and Mary tries to calm him. He tells about being attacked on the road by highwaymen. Mary faints, but soon"
"joyful songs""). The King and Queen leave the hall followed by the courtiers. 2. Recitative and duet. Prince Hamlet, son of the late King and Gertrude, enters the empty hall. As Hamlet enters, before he begins singing, the low strings in the orchestra play Hamlet's Theme: He laments that his mother has remarried scarcely two months since his father's death (Hamlet: ""Vains regrets! Tendresse éphémère!"" – ""Futile regrets! Ephemeral tenderness!""). Ophélie enters. Her entrance is accompanied by Ophélie's Theme. According to the German musicologist Annegret Fauser, Ophélie's music contrasts with Hamlet's very regular 8-bar phrase: the 4-bar theme accentuates her"
"longer valid. Lilli leaves—without Howell—as Fred unsuccessfully tries to convince her to stay (""So in Love"" (Reprise)). The gangsters get caught on stage and improvise a tribute to Shakespeare in which they explain that knowing Shakespeare is the key to romance (""Brush Up Your Shakespeare""). The company prepares for the conclusion of the play, the wedding of Bianca and Lucentio, even though they are now missing one of the main characters. However, just in time for Katherine's final speech, Lilli arrives onstage (""I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple""). Fred and Lilli wordlessly reconcile on stage, and the play"
"of perverted taste"". In 1998, when it seemed as though the painting might leave Britain to be sold in the US, the columnist Kevin Myers, wrote that he would ""put my foot through it"" with ""violent joy"". Ferdinand Lured by Ariel Ferdinand Lured by Ariel is an 1850 painting by John Everett Millais which depicts an episode from Act I, Scene II of Shakespeare's c. 1611 play ""The Tempest"". It illustrates Ferdinand's lines ""Where should this music be? i' the air or the earth?"". He is listening to Ariel singing the lyric ""Full fathom five thy father lies"". Ariel is"
"Part 2"" in his parting words to Kirk after dinner. During Kirk's trial, Chang also mocks Kirk with lines from ""Richard II"". The final battle above Khitomer contains seven references to five of Shakespeare's plays. Two references are drawn from the title character's lines in ""King Henry V"" (""Once more unto the breach""/""The game's afoot""), while two more quotations are from ""Julius Caesar"" (""I am as constant as the Northern Star""/""Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war""). There is a single reference to Prospero from ""The Tempest"" (""Our revels now are ended""), and Chang shortens the wronged Shylock's"
"opening (where the producers were sued over the show's content) saying, ""Jupiter will be in opposition to naughty Saturn, and the show opens the very day of the sun's eclipse. Terrible."" But there was no astrologically safe time in the near future. ""Hair"" makes many references to Shakespeare's plays, especially ""Romeo and Juliet"" and ""Hamlet"", and, at times, takes lyrical material directly from Shakespeare. For example, the lyrics to the song ""What a Piece of Work Is Man"" are from ""Hamlet"" (II: scene 2) and portions of ""Flesh Failures"" (""the rest is silence"") are from Hamlet's final lines. In ""Flesh"
"tell Dorcas that the horses are saddled, and ready to go. She is fearful for Dorothy's safety, and Oswald promises that he will protect her. Manners enters, then Dorothy. She sings a farewell to her home, and they flee in a violent storm. Scene 2. — The Long Gallery. As the storm dies away, the scene changes to the Long Gallery. Sir George proposes a toast to ""the grand old days of yore."" Rupert and The McCrankie drag in Dorcas, with the news that Dorothy has eloped with Manners. The frantic Sir George orders horses and gathers up his men"
"examples include Richard's ""How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown,/Within whose circuit is Elysium/And all that poets feign of bliss and joy"" (1.2.29–31) and Edward's battle cry, ""A crown or else a glorious tomb,/A sceptre, or an earthly sepulchre"" (1.4.16). Also significant is the torture of York in Act 1, Scene 4, where he is forced to wear a paper crown, whilst Margaret alludes to both the real crown and the throne numerous times; Ay, marry sir, now looks he like a King. Ay, this is he that took King Henry's chair, And this is he was"
"of Irene, ""Quell'empio cor istabile"" <br> Act 2, scene 9 - Aria of Tamerlano, ""Il caro e solo oggetto"" <br> Act 2, scene 10 - Aria of Idaspe, ""Fra il mar turbato, e nero"" <br> Act 2, scene 11 - Aria of Asteria, ""Nacqui in seno alla sventura"" <br> Act 2, scene 12 - Chorus, ""Lieti sposi, ah venga Imene"" <br> Act 2, scene 13 - Quartet for Tamerlano, Bajazette, Asteria, and Andronico, ""Smanio, veneggio e fremo"" <br> Act 3, scene 2 - Aria of Bajazette, ""Pria di salir"" <br> Act 3, scene 4 - Aria of Tamerlano, ""M'offende il"
"earlier plays in which he appeared.) In Act III Henry and his troops cross the English Channel to attack the French port of Harfleur. The Chorus appears again: ""Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy/And leave your England, as dead midnight still"". The French king, says the Chorus, ""doth offer him / Katharine his daughter, and with her, to dowry, / Some petty and unprofitable dukedoms."" Henry is not satisfied. At the siege of Harfleur, the English are beaten back at first, but Henry urges them on with one of Shakespeare's best-known speeches. ""Once more unto the breach, dear"
"Sonnet 98 Sonnet 98 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the persona expresses his love towards a young man. It is the second of a group of three sonnets (97 to 99) to treat a separation of the speaker from his beloved. We were apart during the spring, when everything feels young, even aged Saturn; however, none of the beauty I saw around me could bring me into sympathy with my surroundings. I could not admire the lily or the rose, since"
"intercut with scenes of Charlotte and her lover; and after an argument with Charlotte, Hanna goes to an opera in the style of Richard Strauss, where an older woman sings an aria, ""Drop of Hemlock, Sweet and Deadly,"" expressing Hanna's fear of elimination, but it is a younger woman who is poisoned on stage. Finally, the closing scene is at a performance of Handel's oratorio ""Judas Maccabaeus"", and the camera moves from the newly united family to the triumphant angels on the ceiling of the concert hall. Sabine Hake points out that in addition to expressing the deepest feelings of"
"our troops and conquers as she lists"" (1.6.19–22); some of Mortimer's monologue prior to the arrival of Richard (2.5.22–32); Richard's ""Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue,/Lest it be said, 'Speak, sirrah, when you should:/Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords?'/Else would I have a fling at Winchester"" (3.1.61–64); Exeter's soliloquy at the end of Act 3, Scene 1 (ll.190–203); Exeter's soliloquy at the end of Act 4, Scene 1 (ll.182–194); most of the dialogue between Suffolk and Margaret as they ignore one another (5.4.16–64); and Suffolk's soliloquy, which closes the play (5.6.102–109). Also to-camera is Joan's ""Poor market"
"Haudy. Stolzius arrives, and the officers make insinuating remarks about Marie's relationship with Desportes. Tumult. Intermezzo Scene 2 ""(Capriccio, Corale e Ciacona II)"": Marie has received a reproachful letter from Stolzius. She is reading it in tears when Desportes enters. He scornfully dictates to her a brusque reply. His flattery finally has the desired effect: his spot with Marie is won. In the room next door, Wesener's aged mother sings the folk song ""Rösel aus Hennegay"" with its prophetic line, ""Some day your cross will come to you"". On a partitioned stage appear, on one side, Marie and Desportes as"
"piece). The play is divided into eight scenes or ""variations"", each depicting a differing final moment of Trotsky's life and making satirical allusions to soap opera conventions, ""The Honeymooners"", and Act 5, Scene 1 from ""Hamlet"". True to its title, the play calls for Trotsky to die at the end of each scene, and then continues on (after the ring of a bell) from near where the last scene left off, usually progressing the story a bit further each time. Since the play takes place on the day of Trotsky's death (one day after the attack) Trotsky is depicted throughout"
"the palace). Early audiences (especially in the United States and Britain) sometimes balked at the realism in Sardou's play, especially Cavaradossi's screams while he is being tortured off-stage. In Puccini's version, his screams are likewise heard by the audience. However his death by firing squad is even more explicit, occurring on stage in full view of the audience, rather than off stage as in the play. Tosca's final words before committing suicide in the play are addressed to Spoletta and his men. When he vows to send her to join her lover, she cries (""I am going, swine!""). In the"
"of Poetry"". Malone responds that """"Sweet"" is ""pleasing"", ""delightful"", and such is the meaning of ""dulcis"" in Horace."" All references to ""The Merchant of Venice"", unless otherwise specified, are taken from the Folger Shakespeare Library's ""Folger Digital Texts"" edition, edited by Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine. Under their referencing system, acts, scenes, and lines are marked in the text, so 2.6.34–40 would be Act 2, Scene 6, lines 34 through 40. Jessica (The Merchant of Venice) Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, in William Shakespeare's ""The Merchant of Venice"" (). In the play, she elopes with Lorenzo,"
"Scene 2 up to Act 4, Scene 8, concluding with Jack Cade's forces abandoning him. The fifth episode, ""The Fearful King"", presented the rest of ""2 Henry VI"" (beginning with Henry pardoning Cade's rebels) as well as ""3 Henry VI"" Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1, concluding with Warwick rallying Edward, Richard and George after their father's death. Another television version of the play was produced by the BBC in 1981 for their ""BBC Television Shakespeare"" series, although the episode did not air until 1983. Directed by Jane Howell, the play was presented as the second part of the"
"Husband is shocked to hear this news. The Master goes on to scold the Husband for his scandalous misbehavior. The Husband seems genuinely repentant. He promises to do whatever he can to secure his brother's release. The Master exits. Left alone, the Husband plunges into a deep despondency over his moral decline. He laments his wretched state in a soliloquy that begins with the line ""Oh thou confused man, thy pleasant sins have undone thee, thy damnation has beggared thee!"" (Commentators who allow a possibility of a Shakespearean contribution to the play tend to centre their attention on this fourth"
"of Milan, a funeral procession<br> The play begins with a funeral procession for the Duke of Milan's daughter, Infelice. The procession is attended by the Duke and several others. Infelice's former lover, Hippolito enters. Extremely upset, he insists that Infelice is not truly dead and demands to see the body. His friend Matteo holds him back and tries to calm him down. The procession exits, but the Duke, Hippolito and Matteo stay behind. The Duke commends Matteo's efforts to control Hippolito and exits. Hippolito continues raging. He swears that he will never love any other woman. Matteo scoffs at his"
"song, playing the fool, so as not to arouse suspicion. ""Scene 2: The Play"" The King and Queen and the other guests assemble in the castle hall where the stage has been set up. The play begins, and Hamlet narrates. The play tells a story similar to the murder of Hamlet's father. After the ""poison"" is administered, the ""assassin"" places the ""crown"" on his head. Claudius turns pale, rises abruptly, and commands the play to stop and the actors to leave. Hamlet accuses Claudius of the murder of his father, and snatches Claudius' crown from his head. The entire assembly"
"of convention is continued when the epilogue is given in prose. Act II, Scene VII, features one of Shakespeare's most famous monologues, spoken by Jaques, which begins: <poem>All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts</poem> The arresting imagery and figures of speech in the monologue develop the central metaphor: a person's lifespan is a play in seven acts. These acts, or ""seven ages"", begin with ""the infant/Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"" and work through six further vivid"