5/11/2023 0 Comments Shakespeare quick notesKnow that Falstaff (who is enormously fat) is out of breath and Hal is making fun of him (for being fat). See how Shakespeare’s writing makes my direction obsolete? In Hal’s retort he tells Falstaff “well breathe awhile” before you get back to insulting me. When thou hast tired thyself in base comparisons, Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again: and Tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bowcase you vile Neat's tongue, you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish! Oįor breath to utter what is like thee! you 'Sblood, you starveling, you elf-skin, you dried ![]() Here’s an example from a scene in Henry IV part one, to which I have added a fake stage direction to make a point. His actors knew what to do, where to go, and got everything else they needed from the play text itself- Because Shakespeare’s stage directions areĮmbedded in the writing. A professor of mine once said that if you have to write a stage direction, Shakespeare was such a brilliant writer that he mostly didn’t need stage directions. Pursued by a bear” stage direction, which is characteristically short and to the point. When he writes them at all, he sticks to exits and entrances of characters. Shakespeare's stage directions are very light. Shakespeare wrote very few stage directions. In modern play editions are written by editors, not by Shakespeare. However, depending on your edition, Shakespeare may not have written all or any of the stage directions. Placement, movement, lighting, or tone of voice. Stage directions can be instructions pertaining to The purpose of a stage direction is for the playwright to tell actors what they should be doing onstage. In modern editions stage directions are also placed in brackets, like ![]() Stage directions appear formatted on the right side of the page in italics.
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