ShakespeareanWorks; They'll have me whipped for speaking true; thou'lt have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace. King Lear A1 S4
I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters are: they'll have me whipped for speaking true; thou'lt have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any kind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be thee, nuncle: thou hast pared thy wit o' both sides, and left nothing i' the middle:--here comes one o' the parings. King Lear >> Act1 Scene4
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These links take you to a timber for timber replication of the Bard's historic Blackfriar's Playhouse, the world's only re-creation of Shakespeare's original indoor theater:
A1S1 ACT1 SCENE I. Sicilia. An Antechamber in LEONTES' Palace. A1S2 ACT1 SCENE II (part 1). The same. A Room of State in the Palace. A1S2 ACT1 SCENE II (part 2). The same. A Room of State in the Palace. A2S1 ACT II. SCENE I. Sicilia. A Room in the Palace. A2S2 ACT II SCENE II. The same. The outer Room of a Prison. A3S1 ACT III SCENE I. Sicilia. A Street in some Town. A3S2 ACT III SCENE II. The same. A Court of Justice A3S3 ACT III SCENE III. Bohemia. A desert Country near the Sea. A4S1 ACT IV. SCENE I. [Enter Time, as Chorus.] A4S2 ACT IV. SCENE II. Bohemia. A Room in the palace of POLIXENES. A4S3 ACT IV. SCENE III. The same. A Road near the Shepherd's cottage. A4S4 ACT IV. SCENE IV. The same. A Shepherd's Cottage. A4S4 (part 2) ACT IV. SCENE IV. The same. A Shepherd's Cottage. A4S4 (part 3) ACT IV. SCENE IV. The same. A Shepherd's Cottage. A5S1 ACT V. SCENE I. Sicilia. A Room in the palace of LEONTES. A5S2 ACT V. SCENE II. The same. Before the Palace. A5S3 ACT V. SCENE III. The same. A Room in PAULINA's house.
Dramatis Personae
LEONTES, King of Sicilia MAMILLIUS, his son CAMILLO, Sicilian Lord ANTIGONUS, Sicilian Lord CLEOMENES, Sicilian Lord DION, Sicilian Lord POLIXENES, King of Bohemia FLORIZEL, his son ARCHIDAMUS, a Bohemian Lord An Old Shepherd, reputed father of Perdita CLOWN, his son AUTOLYCUS, a rogue A Mariner Gaoler Servant to the Old Shepherd Other Sicilian Lords Sicilian Gentlemen Officers of a Court of Judicature
HERMIONE, Queen to Leontes PERDITA, daughter to Leontes and Hermione PAULINA, wife to Antigonus EMILIA, a lady attending on the Queen MOPSA, shepherdess DORCAS, shepherdess Other Ladies, attending on the Queen
Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Satyrs for a Dance; Shepherds, Shepherdesses, Guards, &c.
TIME, as Chorus
SCENE: Sometimes in Sicilia; sometimes in Bohemia.
Nathaniel Philbrick's Sea of Glory
An incredible maritime history of the last scientific exploring expedition fully under sail - with a great title borrowed from the Bard
I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth.
