 | Claude Marcel - Language and languages - 1853 - 442 pages
...knew that rapidity was the predominant feature of English delivery. Hamlet says to the player, " Speak the speech I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue ; but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lieve the town-crier had spoke my lines."... | |
 | Michael Kurland, Richard A. Lupoff - Self-Help - 1999 - 406 pages
...this as Shakespeare's instructions to all actors. As with any advice, judge it for yourself. 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. Nor do... | |
 | Alex White - Architecture - 1999 - 216 pages
...television show: Headlines are primary typography Subheads are secondary typographic elements 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 speak 3.01 Headlines... | |
 | Dunbar P. Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton - Drama - 1999 - 268 pages
...neat. And now compare the passage in which Hamlet gives the following advice to the players: 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. Nor do... | |
 | Natalie Rogers - Business & Economics - 2000 - 374 pages
...It's just a phase. They'll get over it. Planning Makes Perfect ' Twos the Night Before Showtime 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. — Hamlet,... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...nuances. Laurence Olivier, 1982, Confessions of an Actor, p. 165 60:10 [Hamlet, to the players] 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 had spoke my lines. William... | |
 | Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...Delving into such corners of modern thought, the Prince exhibits other interests with the players. 'Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you — trippingly on the tongue', he says among two or three of the well-tried actors. 'Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand,... | |
 | Adam Long, Daniel Singer - 2000 - 82 pages
...whips his hands out from behind his back to reveal sock-puppet Players on his hands.} J/HAMLET: "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, and hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature.... | |
 | Jan H. Blits - Drama - 2001 - 420 pages
...acting. In keeping with his neoclassical taste, Hamlet begins by stressing the art of speaking: 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. (3.2.1-4)... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...language, wardrobe, mental readiness. Chapter 4 Speak the Speech, Trippingly: Tune Up That Voice 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 towncrier spoke my lines. Hamlet... | |
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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 our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. 
