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Personal Anthology of Shakespeare, A by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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Personal Anthology of Shakespeare, A by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) and that seem to me to illustrate his unsurpassed use of language. He was a man who seemed to know everything about human nature and as Orson Welles said ‘he speaks to everyone and we all claim him’. I know that it has been said that ‘it is impossible to be a great Shakespearian actor without an idiosyncratic and extraordinary voice’ and this may be so, but that does not preclude ordinary mortals from reading, hearing and enjoying Shakespeare. (Summary by Martin Clifton)

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  1. 20

    Julius Caesar (Act 5, Scene 5) : This Was the Noblest Roman of Them All

  2. 19

    King Henry V (Act 3, Scene 1) : Once More Unto the Breach

  3. 18

    King Henry V (Act 4, Scene 3) : This Day is Called the Feast of Crispian

  4. 17

    King Richard III (Act 1, Scene 1) : Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

  5. 16

    Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 7) : If It Were Done

  6. 15

    Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 1) : Is This a Dagger

  7. 14

    The Merchant of Venice (Act 1, Scene 3) : Many a Time and Oft

  8. 13

    The Merchant of Venice (Act 3, Scene 1) : If You Prick Us Do We Not Bleed

  9. 12

    The Merchant of Venice (Act 4, Scene 1) : The Quality of Mercy

  10. 11

    Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2) : What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks

  11. 10

    Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2) : Romeo, Romeo

  12. 9

    As You Like It (Act 2, Scene 7) : All the World’s a Stage

  13. 8

    Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 3) : To Thine Own Self Be True

  14. 7

    Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2) : What a Piece of Work Is Man

  15. 6

    Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1) : To Be or Not To Be

  16. 5

    Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 2) : Speak the Speech

  17. 4

    Julius Caesar (Act 1, Scene 2) : Bestrides the Narrow World

  18. 3

    Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : If You Have Tears Prepare To Shed Them Now

  19. 2

    Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : Friends, Romans, Countrymen

  20. 1

    Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : Let Me Not Stir You Up

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This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) and that seem to me to illustrate his unsurpassed use of language. He was a man who seemed to know everything about human nature and as Orson Welles said ‘he speaks to everyone and we all claim him’. I know that it has been said that ‘it is impossible to be a great Shakespearian actor without an idiosyncratic and extraordinary voice’ and this may be so, but that does not preclude ordinary mortals from reading, hearing and enjoying Shakespeare. (Summary by Martin Clifton)

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