Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Histories

by Neil Freeman (Compiler), Paul Sugarman (Editor)

Overview

Monologues from Shakespeare’s First Folio for Any Gender: The Histories

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Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today’s readers and actors alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493056781
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2021
Series:	Applause Shakespeare Monologue Series
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,130,785
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 5.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Paul Sugarman is an actor, editor, writer, and teacher of Shakespeare. He is founder of the Instant Shakespeare Company, which presents annual readings of all of Shakespeare's plays in New York City. He worked with the Actors Shakespeare Company at New Jersey City University as a teacher and performer, working as a verse coach and assistant playmaster as well as appearing in many of their productions. For ASC he has published annotated acting editions of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and The Three Musketeers. With the ATC Conservatory Players he has worked as dramaturg and actor. For Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, he edited John Russell Brown's publication of Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two and The Applause Shakespeare Library, as well as Neil Freeman's Applause First Folio Editions and The Applause First Folio of Shakespeare in Modern Type. He has published pocket editions of all of Shakespeare's plays using the original settings of the First Folio in modern type for Puck Press. Sugarman received a BFA from New York University and studied with Kristin Linklater and Tina Packer at Shakespeare & Company.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11

Preface and Brief Background 15

Introduction 19

How these texts work 27

Exeter, The First Part of Henry the Sixt 33

Captaine, The First Part of Henry the Sixt 37

Lucie, The First Part of Henry the Sixt 41

Salisbury, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt 45

Hume, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt 49

Salisbury, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt 53

Jack Cade, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt 57

Jack Cade, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt 61

Messenger, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 65

Son, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 69

Father, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 73

King Henry, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 77

Clifford, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 81

King Henry, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 85

King Henry, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt 89

2 Murtherer, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 93

3 Citizen, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 97

Scrivener, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 101

Buckingham, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 105

Tyrrel, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 109

Buckingham, The Tragedy of Richard the Third 113

Chattylion, The Life and Death of King John 117

French Herald, The Life and Death of King John 121

English Herald, The Life and Death of King John 121

Arthur, The Life and Death of King John 125

Arthur, The Life and Death of King John 129

Captaine, The Life and Death of King Richard the Second 133

Gardiner, The Life and Death of King Richard the Second 137

Richard, The Life and Death of King Richard the Second 141

Sir Richard Vernon, The First Part of Henry the Fourth 145

Chief Justice, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth 149

Boy, The Life of Henry the Fift 153

Mountjoy, The Life of Henry the Fift 157

Boy, The Life of Henry the Fift 161

Herald, The Life of Henry the Fift 165

Chorus, The Life of Henry the Fift 169

Griffith, The Life of King Henry the Eight 173

Bibliography 179

Appendix 1 Guide to the Early Texts 183

Appendix 2 Words, Words, Words 184

Appendix 3 The Pattern of Magic 187

Acknowledgments 189

Author Bio 190