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“But I will rise there with so full a glory/That I will dazzle all the eyes of France,/Yea, strike the Dauphin blind to look on us.”
Henry V Act One By Dennis Abrams ——————————- MAJOR CHARACTERS Chorus, introducing the action THE ENGLISH King Henry V of England (aka Harry) Dukes of Gloucester and Clarence, Henry’s brothers Duke of Exeter, Henry’s uncle Duke of York Earls of … Continue reading
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“How I came by the crown, O God, forgive! And grant it may with thee in true peace live.”
Henry IV Part Two Act Four By Dennis Abrams ————————— Act Four: York, Mowbray and Hastings, commanding the rebel forces in Gaultres Forest, are unimpressed by Northumberland’s flight to Scotland. When they address their grievances to Hal’s brother, Prince John … Continue reading
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“By heaven, Poins, I feel me much to blame/So idly to profane the precious time.”
Henry IV Part Two Act Two By Dennis Abrams ——————————– Act Two: Mistress Quickly attempts to have Falstaff arrested for fraud, but he manages (yet again) to talk his way out of it by renewing his promise to marry her, … Continue reading
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“I do; I will.”
Henry IV, Part One Act Two, Part Two By Dennis Abrams —————————– I want to start off with something I alluded to in my last post – the leap that Shakespeare made in Henry IV, Part One in his use … Continue reading
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“A brittle glory shineth in this face;/As brittle as the glory is the face.”
Richard II Act Four, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ————————————- More from Marjorie Garber on language, symbols, and the loss of a crown: “Indeed, all around Richard in the opening scenes of the play language itself seems to be dying. … Continue reading
“For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground /And tell sad stories about the death of kings.”
Richard II Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams ——————————— Act Three: Returning to face the emergency from Ireland, Richard faces an impossible situation: his army has been dispersed, three of his closest friends have been executed by Bolingbroke, and … Continue reading
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“What dies with John of Gaunt? Nothing less than a vision of the world.”
Richard II Act Two, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ————————- As I was re-reading Act Two of Richard II last night, I was struck by the bitterness in the exchange between the dying John of Gaunt, Ill in myself to … Continue reading
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“This happy little breed of men, this little world,/This precious stone set in the silver sea,/Which serves it in the office of a wall,/Or as the moat defensive to a house /Against the envy of less happier lands;/This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England…”
Richard II Act Two, Part One By Dennis Abrams ——————————— Act Two: Joined by the Duke of York, the dying Gaunt bemoans the state of the country, which is struggling under Richard’s increasingly unpopular rule – a point that Gaunt … Continue reading
“We will descend and fold him in our arms.”
Richard II Act One, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————- For a play that I thought would be as relatively straightforward as the Henry VI plays were (unhappy king, etc.) even Act One is turning out to be more complex, … Continue reading
“We were not born to sue, but to command;”
Richard II Act One By Dennis Abrams ——————- MAJOR CHARACTERS KING RICHARD II of England Queen Isabel, Richard’s wife John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Richard’s Uncle Harry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, Gaunt’s son (later King Henry IV) Duchess of … Continue reading
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