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“What’s aught but as ‘tis valued?”
Troilus and Cressida Act Two By Dennis Abrams —————————- Act Two: Ajax questions Thersites about what is going on, but is answered with insults. Achilles arrives (with his friend/lover Patroclus) and tells Ajax about Hector’s challenge, but Achilles response is … Continue reading
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“How all occasions to inform against me,/And spur my dull revenge.”
Hamlet Act Four, Part Three By Dennis Abrams ———————————- One point I’d like to make right off the bat: We’ve talked a lot about Shakespeare’s use of “doubling” throughout Hamlet – but I don’t think the Hamlet/Ophelia doubling has been … Continue reading
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“And since the quarrel/Will hear no colour for the thing he is,/Fashion it thus…”
Julius Caesar Act Two By Dennis Abrams ————————– Act Two: Brutus privately concludes that Caesar’s ambition means he must die. Joined by Cassius and other conspirators, he agrees to kill Caesar, but Brutus vetoes the suggestion that Antony should also … Continue reading
“Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crowned king/Of France and England, did this king succeed;/Whose state so many had the managing/That they lost France and made his England bleed.”
Henry V Act Five By Dennis Abrams ————————— Act Five: At a peace conference in France, the two sides negotiate terms – one of which is a marriage between Henry and Catherine. Henry privately courts and woos here and she … Continue reading
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“So a’ cried out ‘God, God, God!’ three or four times. Now I, to comfort him, bid him a’ should not think of God; I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet.”
Henry V Act Two By Dennis Abrams ———————————- Act Two: As the country prepared for war, Bardolph, Nim and Pistol play to enlist, but end up brawling. They are interrupted by a summons to Falstaff, who, broken by Henry’s rejection … Continue reading
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“I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers.”
Henry IV Part Two Act Five, Part Two By Dennis Abrams In my last post we looked at Marjorie Garber’s take on Act Five and the rejection of Falstaff – basically, that in order to assume his role as “king” … Continue reading
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“Presume not that I am the thing I was.”
Henry IV Part Two Act Five, Part One By Dennis Abrams ——————————– Act Five: As reports spread that Hal has inherited the throne, the courtiers question his ability. Falstaff certainly believes that his friend has no intention whatsoever of reforming, … 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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“We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow,”
Henry IV Part Two Act Three By Dennis Abrams ———————————– Act Three: The pressures of kingship (as well as the guilt of the usurpation) are obviously taking their toll on King Henry. Unable to sleep, he reflects ruefully with Warwick … Continue reading
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