Shakescenes

35 scenes from Shakespeare are presented in newly-edited texts, with notes which clarify meanings, topical references, puns, ambiguities, etc. A brief description of characters and situation prefaces each scene, and is followed by a commentary which discusses its major acting challenges and opportunities. Each scene has been chosen for its independent life requiring only the simplest of stage properties and the barest of spaces.

Introduction

1

(4)

Advice to Actors

5

(36)

SCENES FOR ONE ACTOR AND ONE ACTRESS

Henry VI, Part Two, Act III, Scene ii.

41

(6)

Queen Margaret

Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene ii.

47

(11)

Romeo

Juliet

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene i.

58

(5)

Demetrius

Helena

The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene ii.

63

(11)

Portia

Bassanio

Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene i.

74

(6)

Benedick

Beatrice

As You Like It, Act III, Scene ii.

80

(8)

Rosalind

Orlando

Hamlet, Act III, Scene i.

88

(6)

Hamlet

Ophelia

All's Well that Ends Well, Act IV, Scene ii.

94

(7)

Bertram

Diana

Othello, Act, V, Scene ii.

101

(8)

Othello

Desdemona

Measure for Measure, Act III, Scene i.

109

(8)

Claudio

Isabella

Macbeth, Act II, Scene ii.

117

(7)

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth, Act III, Scene ii.

124

(7)

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene iii.

131

(8)

Antony

Cleopatra

Cymbeline, Act III, Scene ii.

139

(6)

Pisanio

Imogen

The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene iv.

145

(7)

Florizel

Perdita

SCENES FOR TWO ACTRESSES

The Comedy of Errors, Act II, Scene i and Act IV, Scene ii.

152

(6)

Adriana

Luciana

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, Scene ii.

158

(10)

Julia

Lucetta

Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene v.

168

(5)

Juliet

Nurse

Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene v.

173

(5)

Lady Capulet

Juliet

The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene ii.

178

(7)

Portia

Nerissa

As You Like It, Act III, Scene ii.

185

(6)

Celia

Rosalind

Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene v.

191

(8)

Viola

Olivia

Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene i.

199

(6)

Viola

Olivia

All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene iii.

205

(8)

Helena

Countess

Othello, Act IV, Scene iii.

213

(8)

Emilia

Desdemona

SCENES FOR TWO ACTORS

Henry VI, Part Three, Act V, Scene vi

221

(7)

King Henry VI

Richard

King John, Act IV, Scene ii.

228

(6)

Hubert

King John

Henry IV, Part One, Act I, Scene ii.

234

(7)

Prince Henry

Sir John Falstaff

Henry IV, Part Two, Act IV, Scene v.

241

(8)

King Henry IV

Prince Henry

Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene iii.

249

(8)

Cassius

Brutus

Hamlet, Act V, Scene i.

257

(6)

King Lear, Act IV, Scene vi.

263

(7)

Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene v.

270

(7)

Aufidius

Coriolanus

The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene iii.

277

(7)

Autolycus

Young Shepherd

The Tempest, Act II, Scene i.

284

Antonio

Sebastian

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