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• • 莎士比亚: 经典名言语录 / SHAKESPEARE: Great Speeches and Soliloquies
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  • William ShakespeareGreat Speeches and Soliloquies The plays of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) have become apart of all of us, whether we know it or not, and especially (though notexclusively) within the English-speaking world. Even our everyday speech isshot through with half-remembered or unconscious snatches: ‘To be or not to be’… ‘The hollow crown’… ‘All the world’s a stage’…‘The quality of mercy is notstrained’… ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’… ‘Is this a dagger which I seebefore me’.This collection of speeches gives the listener a chance toenjoy the sources of many of these quotations — to put them in a context and,perhaps, to explore more fully the plays from which they come. Shakespeare’s plays may be roughly divided into Histories,Comedies and Tragedies. They are written in blank verse (unrhymed ten-syllableline-iambic pentameter), with excursions into prose for more ‘down to earth’scenes or characters, and occasional rhyming songs (especially in thecomedies).Many of the speeches included here are soliloquies —delivered by a character alone on stage and, as it were, shared with oroverheard by the audience. Thus Shakespeare enables his characters to expressthe inmost workings of their minds and hearts — vowing vengeance (Antony inJulius Caesar, Act 3 Scene 2), agonizing over the problem of existence itself(Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1), or wrestling with guilt (Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7). Other speeches are essentially ‘public’ in their intention —speeches of exhortation, like Henry V’s before Agincourt (Henry V, Act 4 Scene3) or of clever manipulation, like Antony’s to the Roman crowd (Julius Caesar,Act 3 Scene 2). Others again address a more private audience, such as Polonius’advice to his son Laertes (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3) or Clarence’s painfully vividrecollection of a nightmare, which indirectly foretells his imminent murder(Richard III, Act 1 Scene 4). It may be noticed that Shakespeare’s comedies are less wellrepresented in the collection: this is because such plays offer feweropportunities for a character to muse intensely over his or her plight, or forgrand public address. In the History plays, however, we (typically) find the themeof kingship recurring, in private reflections on the monarch’s particularplight. And in the Tragedies, it is natural for the protagonists to be heardtaking stock of their circumstances and feelings as the action moves towardssome dramatic resolution of private and public destiny. Some of the characteristic themes developed in thesespeeches have been touched on above (kingship, exhortation, introspection,advice) but we also find expressions of love well represented, especially amongthe female roles — adolescent love in Romeo and Juliet or, for example, themature articulation of a woman’s right to be part of all herhusband’s concerns in Portia’s speech (Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scene 1). A speech,which combines great tenderness with richly evocative language, is Othello’saccount of his wooing of Desdemona (Act 1 Scene 3). It can be seen throughout this collection that whatdistinguishes Shakespeare’s genius is not only his deep understanding of humannature but also the extraordinary power of his language, through which theexternal, concrete world of everyday things is joined with the abstract innerworld of reason, imagination and feeling. Notes by Perry Keenlyside. About the ReadersIn his first five years with the Royal Shakespeare Company,Simon Russell Beale has played many of the leading Shakespeare roles rangingwidely from Richard III to Ariel in The Tempest, though his dramatic range extendsto Samuel Beckett. He also frequently appears on TV and Radio. In his extended career Clifford Rose has divided his timebetween the stage and TV. His theater work has included many Shakespeare rolesas well as Marat/Sade and The Thebans for the RSC. His TV work has encompassedThe Roads to Freedom, Fortunes of War, Secret Army and Inspector Morse.As an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company,Estelle Kohler’s long career as a Stratford leading lady began with her famousJuliet to Ian Holm’s Romeo, for which she won the London Critics’ Award. Shehas won other awards and nominations for a great range of work on stage, filmand television. Sarah Woodward joined the RSC after leaving RADA and hassince appeared in many Shakespearean roles, including Juliet directed by DeclanDonnelan. She played Rose in The Sea by Edward Bond and Anne Danby in Kean,both directed by Sam Mendes. She is seen regularly on UK TV in programs asvaried as Poirot and Casualty.
  • • 作品列表
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      • 作品编号：23224  Great Speeches and Soliloquies

      • Richard II Act 2 Scene 1 John Of Gaunt

      • Richard II Act 3 Scene 2 King Richard

      • Henry IV Part 1 Act 2 Scene 3 Lady Percy

      • Henry IV Part 1 Act 2 Scene 3 King Henry

      • Henry IV Part 2 Act 2 Scene 1 Prince Harry

      • Henry IV Part 2 Act 4 Scene 3 Falstaff

      • Henry V Act 2 Scene 3 Mistress Quickly

      • Henry V Prologue Chorus

      • Henry V A3 Scene 1 King Henry

      • Henry V Act 4 Scene 1 King Henry

      • Henry V Act 4 Schene 3 King Henry

      • Henry VI Part 3 Act 1 Scene 4 Queen Margaret

      • Richard III Act 1 Scene 1 King Richard

      • Richard III Act 1 Scene 4 Clarence

      • Merchant Of Venice Act 4 Scene 1 Portia

      • As You Like It Act 2 Scene 7 Jacques

      • A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania

      • The Taming Of The Shrew Act 5 Scene 2 Katharine

      • Troilus And Cressida Act 5 Scene 2 Troilus

      • Troilus And Cressida Act 5 Scene 3 Ulysses

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      • 作品编号：23224  Great Speeches and Soliloquies

      • Two Noble Kinsmen Act 2 Scene 4 Jailer's Daughter

      • Julius Caesar Act 2 Scene 1 Portia

      • Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 1 Antony

      • Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 2 Antony

      • Romeo And Juliet Act 1 Scene 3 Nurse

      • Romeo And Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo

      • Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet

      • Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2 Hamlet

      • Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3 Polonius

      • Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Hamlet

      • Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Ophelia

      • Hamlet Act 3 Scene 3 King Claudius

      • Hamlet Act 4 Scene 7 Queen Gertrude

      • Othello Act 1 Scene 3 Othello

      • Othello Act 5 Scene 2 Othello

      • King Lear Act 1 Scene 2 Edmond

      • Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth

      • Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth

      • Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 Macbeth

      • Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 Macbeth

      • Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5 Macbeth

      • Antony And Cleopatra Act 2 Scene 2 Enobarbus

      • Antony And Cleopatra Act 1 Scene 5 Cleopatra

      • Antony And Cleopatra Act 4 Scene 5 Cleopatra

      • The Tempest Act 4 Scene 1 Prospero