 | Brian Vickers - Electronic books - 2005 - 472 pages
...is the not unsympathetic figure of the anxious author trying to get his piece acted properly: 'Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue' (although one would like to know what a professional Elizabethan company thought of those amateur authors... | |
 | Marc Shell - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 362 pages
...Emperor Claudius was. At a crucial moment in the play, though, Hamlet requests of the Players: "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue." The meaning of the term tripping has an internal dialectic that relates to walking and talking. On... | |
 | Niels Bugge Hansen, Søs Haugaard - Drama - 2005 - 170 pages
...familiar principles. No less striking was the stance of the First Player. As he was told to 'Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue'(III, ii, 1-2), the First Player's response conveyed through facial and gestural expression... | |
 | Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Andrew John Merrison, Andrew Merrison - Education - 2005 - 516 pages
...ModE) on how they are to deliver the speech that Hamlet has written for them to insert into their play: Hamlet: Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, 2 trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it as many of our players do, I had as lief the town crier... | |
 | Dick Curtis - Indiana - 2006 - 229 pages
...actor, and director himself ... as evidenced by Hamlet's speech to the players, when he said . . .Speak the speech I pray you, as I pronounced it to you,...trippingly on the tongue . . . but if you mouth it, as many of your players do ... I had as leif the town crier spoke my lines." The old actor then proceeded... | |
 | John Mantle Clapp, John Clapp, Mantle, Edwin A. Kane - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2006 - 661 pages
...are — i. Expressing the core in words that catch the ear because of their striking sound : "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines." "Of course, the personal equation... | |
 | Mary Floyd-Wilson, Garrett A. Sullivan - Drama - 2006 - 232 pages
...significant misnomer. Hamlet does not advise the player; he trains him to control his body. "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue," Hamlet says, emphasizing the physical disposition of tongue and lip.54 Do not "mouth it." Furthermore,... | |
 | Pamela Dean - Young Adult Fiction - 2006 - 484 pages
...climbed over Janet's knees and sank into his seat just as the sharp, clear voice of Hamlet said, "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue " Robin made an infuriating snort, but said nothing. The lights came up on the Players in their gorgeous,... | |
 | Ed Kovens - Drama - 2006 - 187 pages
...trippingly on the tongue" and instead of the same old "Listentohowfastlcansaythesewords." I heard, "Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you. Trippingly! (Beat) ON the tongue." I thought, "Oh, THAT'S what that means." He went on, sarcastically and laughingly,... | |
 | Allan Rich - Performing Arts - 2007 - 168 pages
...Shakespeare's Hamlet as a final piece of encouragement as you pursue your acting career. HAMLET EXCERPT HAMLET: Speak the speech I pray you, as I pronounced...trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much... | |
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Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. 
