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Spring 2015
ahead in the next thought. You can ask your scene partner to try to interject at
these points.
Am I Romes slave? What penny hath Rome borne?
What men provided? What munitions sent
To under-prop this Action? Ist not I
That under-goe this charge? Who else but I, (KJ)
3. Commas mark the end of phrase of thought. They indicate THINKING. If
found at the end of a verse line, keep the energy up, and take a quick catch
breath. If found in the middle of a verse line demand a lift in tone, but do not take
a breath.
To thee, and thine hereditary ever,
Remaine this ample third of our faire Kingdom, No less in space, validity, and
pleasure
Than that conferd on Gonerril. (Lear)
4. Colons & Semi-colons Both of these notations mark the end of a phrase or
thought, but do not mark the conclusion of the main idea. Only a Full Stop tells
the actor to end. Colons and Semis tell the actor that a new phrase of thought is
coming and he or she will need a shift in energy to make that thought clear. Take
a quick breath and youll accomplish this change. Often called gear shifts.
To be or not to be, that is the Question:
Whether tis Nobler in the minde to Suffer (Hamlet)
And will as tenderly be lead by'th' Nose
As Asses are:
I hav't: it is engendred: Hell, and Night,
Must bring this monstrous Birth, to the worlds light. (Othello)
5. Parenthetical Phrases The text shows the character having a thought,
changing that thought to a new thought, then returning to the old thought.
The parenthetical thought is a diversion or digression. They color the
sentence. Change your pitch and/or speed of voice at these points. They are
marked by ( ) or commas. Sometimes they are not punctuated at all. Take a
catch up breath before or after.
And many a man there is, even at this present,
Now while I speak this, holds his wife by the arm, (Winters Tale)
At least the whisper goes so: Our last King, Whose image even now but appeard
to us Was (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norway, (Thereto prickd on by a most
emulate Pride)
Dard to the Combat. (Hamlet)
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
Capitalized words found within in the verse line, can be used for irony, contrast
or tool to deeper connection. Capitalized words (not to be confused with proper
names) are important!
And Brutus is an Honorable man.