Choose a scene from your studied Shakespeare play in which two characters are in 5 conversation. Describe the characters, either on stage or in a film, using the following headings.
Costume and jewellery Hairstyles and make-up Your choice of actor/actress to play the roles
Three Famous Soliloquies S’seu
o Y A gloomy man describes seven stages in life.
Jaques, the gloomy man in question, is a pessimistic character who in this scene gives us his view on life, from the cradle to the grave.
As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 JAQUES:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school; and then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow; then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Look up ‘Benedict
Cumberbatch BBC Drama Trailer’ on YouTube to hear the British actor reciting this soliloquy, accompanied by images from various BBC dramas.
