Shakespeare for two : a comprehensive collection of two-person scenes / edited by Douglas Newell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Newell, Douglas.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialogues.

Physical Description:

xiv, 269 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2006]

Summary:

You've got to work up a classical two-person scene for audition, performance, or practice. Poring through Shakespeare's plays to locate material that's workable, accessible, and compatible with your needs would take days if not weeks. Fortunately Douglas Newell presents a compact, complete alternative in "Shakespeare for Two,"

Following the same format as his successful and essential "Shakespeare for One," Newell has dug out important and well-known dialogues as well as buried treasures, presenting an unprecedented array of Shakespearean scenes. In addition, "Shakespeare for Two" gives you the context vital to understanding and playing each scene, including carefully crafted plot and scene summaries, a guide to pronunciation, definitions of obscure words no longer in common usage, and tools to help locate the right scene for your purposes.

"Shakespeare For Two" is the invaluable, comprehensive resource that actors contemplating Shakespearean scene work can not afford to be without.

Contents:

Scenes for Two Actresses

1 Helena and Countess of Rossillion: All's Well That Ends Well 1

2 Celia and Rosalind: As You Like It 5

3 Celia and Rosalind: As You Like It 8

4 Portia and Nerissa: The Merchant of Venice 12

5 Mistress Ford and Mistress Page: The Merry Wives of Windsor 15

6 Hero and Ursula: Much Ado About Nothing 18

7 Emilia and Desdemona: Othello 22

8 Juliet and Nurse: Romeo and Juliet 26

9 Lady Capulet and Juliet: Romeo and Juliet 29

10 Viola and Olivia: Twelfth Night 32

11 Viola and Olivia: Twelfth Night 37

12 Julia and Lucetta: The Two Gentlemen of Verona 41

13 Julia and Silvia: The Two Gentlemen of Verona 47

Scenes for Two Actors

14 Corin and Touchstone: A You Liki Itr 51

15 Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus: The Comedy of Errors 54

16 Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse: The Comedy of Errors 57

17 Cominius and Menenius: Coriolanus 62

18 Posthumus and Lachimo: Cymbeline 65

19 Hamlet and Horatio: Hamlet 71

20 Hamlet and First Clown: Hamlet 76

21 Cade and Iden: Henry VI, Part 2 79

22 Cassius and Brutus: Julius Caesar 82

23 Hubert and Arthur: King John 87

24 Hubert and King John: King John 92

25 Earl of Gloucester and Edgar: King Lear 96

26 Lucio and Duke Vincentio: Measure for Measure 100

27 Ford and Falstaff: The Merry Wives of Windsor 104

28 Iago and Cassio: Othello 108

29 Iago and Othello: Othello 111

30 Iago and Othello: Othello 117

31 Iago and Othello: Othello 123

32 Iago and Roderigo: Othello 125

33 Second Murderer and First Murderer: Richard III 128

34 Alcibiades and Timon: Timon of Athens 131

35 Speed and Proteus: The Two Gentlemen of Verona 134

36 Speed and Launce: The Two Gentlemen of Verona 138

37 Clown and Shepherd: The Winter's Tale 141

38 Clown and Autolycus: The Winter's Tale 144

Scenes for One Actress and One actor

39 Diana and bertram: All's Weell That Ends Well 149

40 Cleovatra and Antony: Antony and Cleopatra 152

41 Imogen and Iachimo: Cymbeline 157

42 Imogen and Pisanio: Cymbeline 163

43 Ophelia and Hamlet: Hamlet 168

44 Margaret and Earl of Suffolk: Henry VI, Part 1 171

45 Lady Grey and King Edward IV: Henry VI, Part 3 176

46 Lady Macbeth and Macbeth: Macbeth 180

47 Isabella and Angelo: Measure for Measure 184

48 Isabella and Claudio: Measure for Measure 189

49 Helena and Demetrius: A Midsummer Night's Dream 194

50 Beatrice and Benedick: Much Ado About Nothing 197

51 Desdemona and Othello: Othello 201

52 Desdemona and Othello: Othello 205

53 Lady Anne and Richard, Duke of Gloucester: Richard III 210

54 Queen Elizabeth and King Richard III: Richard III 216

55 Queen Elizabeth and King Richard III: Richard III 220

56 Juliet and Romeo: Romeo amd Juliet 224

57 Katharina and Petruchio: The Taming of the Shrew 229

58 Miranda and Ferdinand: The Tempest 234

59 Viola and Feste: Twelfth Night 238

60 Hermione and Leontes: The Winter's Tale 241

A Guide to Pronunciation 245

Just the Facts, Ma'am 250

Shakespeare in Brief 265

Outtakes 267.

ISBN:

9780325008899

0325008892

OCLC:

70291998