name the play

[Briar Rose 7457]

I've blanked out the name of the main character -- it's also the name of the play. anyone recognize this?


SCENE I. A desert place.

Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.

Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.

First Witch
Where the place?

Second Witch
Upon the heath.

Third Witch
There to meet with ****.

First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!

Second Witch
Paddock calls.

Third Witch
Anon.

ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Exeunt

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

if the first one's too hard, maybe you could try for the second:

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

or this one:

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell
me one thing.

anyone who gets all three wins my admiration.

 

[MJames41]

The second one is way too easy - Romeo and Juliet. Is the first one Othello?

 

[MJames41]

The third very easy...Hamlet.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

this belongs on the CB -- sorry --

you got two right.

 

[ripleysmom]

#1 is MacBeth

 

[MJames41]

Of course, MacBeth (smacking forehead!). Does this mean I get 2/3 of the admiration and you get 1/3? Or should we split it 1/2 cuz I shouldn't have missed MacBeth?

 

[ripleysmom]

50/50....I wouldn't have gotten Hamlet (I don't think).

 

[MJames41]

I think I would have gotten it without this reason, but it really sticks in my mind because of "Renaiscance (sp) Man". I thought that was a great (ok, really good) movie. It also got me to rent Richard III.

 

[kbeverina]

Briar Rose--as long as this is over here, I have a question since I know your children see plays frequently--have you taken your girls to see Les Miserables, and if so, how old were they and did you think it was okay for younger children.

Hmmm, this could turn into a debate after all.

 

[lisaost]

I knew Romeo and Juliet and also Hamlet, but I never read MacBeth so I guess I'm only 2 for 3 tonight.

Kbev....I saw Les Mis and I am going to see it again before it closes. How old are the girls in question? I think the repeated theme of death in the story would prohibit me from taking anyone under maybe 10-12 years old. But also the story is VERY complex because it has several story lines running simultaneously and it would all be lost on a younger child, IMHO.

 

[froglady]

My daughter saw Les Miserables (the musical) when she was 8, and she enjoyed it very much. She may not have been able to understand all of the intricacies of the plot, but then again, many adults don't, either.

But please note that at that age, her favorite movie was Henry V, and she had been dancing in stage productions for 3 years, and had seen Cats at least twice, and The Nutcracker a couple of times, so knew a little about how to behave in a theater.

 

[The Hunt]

The first one is the Scottish Play. People in the theater never refer to it by that other name because it's bad luck.

"Life's but a poor player, who struts and frets its hour upon the stage
It is tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

 

[Demosthenes]

Originally posted by The Hunt

"Life's but a poor player, who struts and frets its hour upon the stage
It is tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

That's also from Macbeth. What about this:

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts."

 

[kbeverina]

My son is 9 and my daughter 6. We started listening to the CD in the car this past winter when we were driving in an area where we couldn't pick up anything on the radio--my husband and I have been to see it several times. To our surprise the kids loved it and began asking for it all the time and now know all the music and words.

We have tickets to see it in two weeks and have told them what's going on in the play during each song. They're really excited to go and I think they'll enjoy it because they know the music and they'll have no problems with sitting and watching for that length of time. But I kind of wanted a heads up on how younger kids react to it and I am a little concerned with the prostitution scene and I wonder if there will be questions about that.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

self proclaimed expert on Les Mis here.

a friend of mine used to work for Cameron MacIntosh. he was able to get me free tickets to see the show back in the 80's. I must have seen it six or seven times.

I took the dd's to see it awhile ago. older dd will be 12 in two weeks, younger dd is 10. we had to have seen the show well over a year ago. maybe even two years ago. the reason I know this is because the "Young Cosette" we saw that night is soemone we know, she's in 8th grade now and wasn't in the show at all during her 7th grade year. I'm not sure the young lady was in the show at all in 6th grade. so the girls couldn't have been older than 8 and 10 when we saw it on Broadway.

we also saw it at a local high school -- MacIntosh was very invovled in that shcool's production, since it was an experiment to see if high schoolers could handle it.

my children understood, appreciated and enjoyed the show. sounds like yours will, too.

 

[mrsapalm]

Originally posted by Demosthenes
What about this:

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts."

I believe that's from As You Like It.
I have a degree in theatre, and I think that it can be difficult for children up to around 8 or 9 years of age to understand a lot of stage productions. It takes a lot of concentration and thinking to understand some plays, and has anyone ever noticed that theatres are not built for small people (children) to be able to see and enjoy what's on stage? I'm not saying that all kids aren't fit to actually enjoy stage productions, but there are some that just aren't ready. Only that kid's parent would be able to sufficiently judge whether the kid can enjoy the show.
But I've rambled on enough...
-MrsAPalm

 

[The Hunt]

My son enjoyed Les Miserables when he was about 6. I wouldn't worry about the prostitution scene too much, although you might have to explain it. You might explain how said it was that Fantine was placed in that awful position--in the book, she also has to sell her teeth.

 

[fklhou]

Good thread.