Yet again! What do you here? Shall we give o’er and drown? Have you a mind to sink? incharitable dog! –––––––– Work you then. unstanched wench. –––––––– Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to sea again; lay her off. (Enter Mariners wet) to prayers! all lost! –––––––– What, must our mouths be cold? (Exeunt) The original players have had only their own to learn from, each speech preceded by a cue of ‘part’ one or two words. This must have demanded astonishing sharpness of attention from actors: Try it yourself. The student playing the Boatswain should not have the full script: this individual will have to listen very carefully to the other actors: it would be worth around’ the Boatswain’s role to discuss the effect ‘passing on performance of this kind of rehearsal. How easy is it to cues written like this? ‘take’ We know that only one or two words were given as cues among Shakespeare’s company. Why might this be?
Yet again! What do you here? Shall we give o’er and drown? Have you a mind to sink? –––––––– incharitable dog! Work you then. –––––––– unstanched wench. Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to sea again; lay her off. (Enter Mariners wet) –––––––– to prayers! all lost! What, must our mouths be cold? (Exeunt) The original players have had only their own ‘part’ to learn from, each speech preceded by a cue of one or two words. This must have demanded astonishing sharpness of attention from actors: Try it yourself. The student playing the Boatswain should not have the full script: this individual will have to listen very carefully to the other actors: it would be worth ‘passing around’ the Boatswain’s role to discuss the effect on performance of this kind of rehearsal. How easy is it to ‘take’ cues written like this? We know that only one or two words were given as cues among Shakespeare’s company. Why might this be?
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