Hey actor! I have bad news. Just reading SparkNotes or LitCharts isn’t enough when it comes to nailing your Shakespeare monologue. The good news is that I created a new resource to help you feel super duper clear about what everything means, even if you’re a complete beginner. Go here: shakespearewithsarah.com/translate/
1000 Thanks, @Shakespeare with Sarah. Im just an enthusiast, been always fascinated by Helen , who is so intriguing, smart, and brave. Your explanation is brilliant Keep the bards talking, you are a born teacher🎉
I just have to say! I get so carried away with some of these romantic monologues (like the Princess one from LLL “come challenge me, challenge me by these deserts”) so I love that you get carried away too - they’re soooo good! Thank you for this, I’m prepping for a grad school audition and I think I’m going to do this one
Thanks Alexandra! And I feel the same way. I love hearing when people get carried away too because it can be so wonderful to work on Shakespeare and I love to hear that people are enjoying it! good luck for your audition. I love this monologue, I’m glad you do too 😊
Thanks for this. I chose this monologue online becuase I'm really into romance and I needed something to perform and submit quickly. This breakdown for sure helped a lot. Thanks so much
You're so welcome! And if you haven't submitted yet, you might like to consider Helena's first monologue in the play as an alternative - "O were that all, I think not on my father." It's quite a wistful, romantic one and I think much simpler than this one. I did a breakdown of that one here if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/r8Us1HtzgzM/v-deo.html
Thank you SO much. This is just beautiful and insightful to see. How would you recommend cutting this monologue to be around 1 minute long. The way you describe it makes it feel like most of it is so crucial. I did cut from “thus, Indian like” to “knows of him no more” but that’s not very much. Thanks so much.
Argh sorry I thought I’d replied to this a while ago! Yes, cut the Indian like and go straight into ‘my dearest madam’, and then also cut “but if yourself…” up to “herself and love”. Change “o then give pity” to “but o give pity” so it makes grammatical sense. So: “… and lack not to lose still. My dearest madam / let not your hate encounter with my love / for loving where you do but o give pity / to her whose state is such…” and so on until the end. Sneaky trick! Hope I caught you before your audition. Good luck.
This was so insightful and interesting to watch, thank you so much! I have a question though, what would you say Helena’s objective is in this scene? I’m struggling a bit to find that x
Yes I would love to! It might be take a couple of weeks though, I have a bit of a backlog of videos to be edited at the moment. Will get it done as soon as I can and let you know. :)
@@ShakespearewithSarah Yes you explain very well my vocabulary is not so rich may be that’s why, I wanna learn English more I teach English in high school however she is serious earnest you said I don’t understand that , i googled countess .
This is SUCH a good question. At the moment, casting directors mostly advise against full body shots (which I think is wise because they really don’t show the nuance of your acting), so with any sort of action like this, they recommend just showing the emotional process and moment before and after. So for this, the emotional process is that she feels guilty and ashamed that she’s being too ambitious in her love, so she’s trying to show that she still knows that she’s lower in status - by literally lowering herself. When I did this as a self tape, I just shifted my weight slightly and lowered my head for a bit, so you could see the process of her trying to lower herself. You can watch that here if it’s helpful; ua-cam.com/video/3nq38dJhmUM/v-deo.html And I usually get up at “Be not offended”, because I imagine that the Countess is walking away from me, which freaks me out, but you could certainly choose other points. The most important thing is to justify your choice - ask yourself WHY it would be ok for her to get up again. Does the Countess help her up? Does she want to move closer to the Countess? And choose the most powerful option.
Hey actor! I have bad news. Just reading SparkNotes or LitCharts isn’t enough when it comes to nailing your Shakespeare monologue. The good news is that I created a new resource to help you feel super duper clear about what everything means, even if you’re a complete beginner. Go here: shakespearewithsarah.com/translate/
im auditioning for art school with this monologue. wish me luck 😭
good luck🥰💗
thank you this breakdown of the play whose character fits me helped me a lot to make my first declamation powerful
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good on you, sarah, for keeping the bard going. cheers.
Thank you for this! Doing this monologue for my Shakespeare voice class and this was so helpful :)
insanelyyyyy helpful! Thank you so much are an angel.
1000 Thanks, @Shakespeare with Sarah. Im just an enthusiast, been always fascinated by Helen , who is so intriguing, smart, and brave.
Your explanation is brilliant
Keep the bards talking, you are a born teacher🎉
Sameeee 😵💫
This is so helpful for me when I audition for ‘Twelfth Night’ next week! Thank you!
This was suuuuuuper helpful!! Thank you so much for this 🥰🙏🏼
This is so wonderful, your passion shines through in teaching and it made this such a beneficial video. Thank you!
Thank you so much!!!!! I am doing this monologue for a Shakespearian festival composition!! Soooooo Excited!!!
I just have to say! I get so carried away with some of these romantic monologues (like the Princess one from LLL “come challenge me, challenge me by these deserts”) so I love that you get carried away too - they’re soooo good! Thank you for this, I’m prepping for a grad school audition and I think I’m going to do this one
Thanks Alexandra! And I feel the same way. I love hearing when people get carried away too because it can be so wonderful to work on Shakespeare and I love to hear that people are enjoying it! good luck for your audition. I love this monologue, I’m glad you do too 😊
And also I forgot about that LLL monologue! Even though I’ve played that role 🤦🏼♀️ that’s a lovely one too!
@@ShakespearewithSarah it really is!! Especially to play it sincerely and not comedic, so romantic!
thank you so much I've got to do this for an audition and you just helped me so much
Yay! That’s awesome. Good luck for your audition!
Thanks for this. I chose this monologue online becuase I'm really into romance and I needed something to perform and submit quickly. This breakdown for sure helped a lot. Thanks so much
You're so welcome! And if you haven't submitted yet, you might like to consider Helena's first monologue in the play as an alternative - "O were that all, I think not on my father." It's quite a wistful, romantic one and I think much simpler than this one. I did a breakdown of that one here if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/r8Us1HtzgzM/v-deo.html
I chose this for my performance task in English class because I liked it when I heard it and I need to memorize this piece :DD
Thank you SO much. This is just beautiful and insightful to see. How would you recommend cutting this monologue to be around 1 minute long. The way you describe it makes it feel like most of it is so crucial. I did cut from “thus, Indian like” to “knows of him no more” but that’s not very much. Thanks so much.
Argh sorry I thought I’d replied to this a while ago! Yes, cut the Indian like and go straight into ‘my dearest madam’, and then also cut “but if yourself…” up to “herself and love”. Change “o then give pity” to “but o give pity” so it makes grammatical sense.
So: “… and lack not to lose still. My dearest madam / let not your hate encounter with my love / for loving where you do but o give pity / to her whose state is such…” and so on until the end. Sneaky trick! Hope I caught you before your audition. Good luck.
Thank you for this video! I’m planning on doing this monologue for an audition and this video was really helpful.
Hurray! Thanks so much for the feedback. Makes me really happy to hear those things. Good luck for your audition!
The Creative Actor Thank you!
I just want to say a huge thank youuuu!! Just saw the Cymbeline video and it helped so much❤️❤️
This helped me a lot with my upcoming audition tysm for taking time to do this😊❤️
this is wonderful...thnx for making this
Thank you so much Nancy!
Thank you so much for this! Would you make a cut in this monologue (for 1 min) after she says “and lack not to lose still?”
Thanks Sarah This was very helpful !
This helped me so so much! Thank you!
You’re so welcome! Glad it helped ❤️
Very helpful!! Thank you so much!
This was so insightful and interesting to watch, thank you so much! I have a question though, what would you say Helena’s objective is in this scene? I’m struggling a bit to find that x
Love this!! Please can you do Isabella from Measure for Measure- to whom should I complain
Yes I would love to! It might be take a couple of weeks though, I have a bit of a backlog of videos to be edited at the moment. Will get it done as soon as I can and let you know. :)
It's ready!! ua-cam.com/video/3ZlVlw1TAlg/v-deo.html
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Explain difficult words too thanks
Hi Haris, can you let me know which words you mean? Most of the tricky ones I think I covered.
@@ShakespearewithSarah Yes you explain very well my vocabulary is not so rich may be that’s why, I wanna learn English more I teach English in high school however she is serious earnest you said I don’t understand that , i googled countess .
When recording this for a self tape then should I do a full body shot so I can get on my knee? Also when should I stand up?
This is SUCH a good question. At the moment, casting directors mostly advise against full body shots (which I think is wise because they really don’t show the nuance of your acting), so with any sort of action like this, they recommend just showing the emotional process and moment before and after.
So for this, the emotional process is that she feels guilty and ashamed that she’s being too ambitious in her love, so she’s trying to show that she still knows that she’s lower in status - by literally lowering herself.
When I did this as a self tape, I just shifted my weight slightly and lowered my head for a bit, so you could see the process of her trying to lower herself. You can watch that here if it’s helpful; ua-cam.com/video/3nq38dJhmUM/v-deo.html
And I usually get up at “Be not offended”, because I imagine that the Countess is walking away from me, which freaks me out, but you could certainly choose other points. The most important thing is to justify your choice - ask yourself WHY it would be ok for her to get up again. Does the Countess help her up? Does she want to move closer to the Countess? And choose the most powerful option.
Hi!! Wanting to use this for an audition. Would this be considered verse or prose? Thanks so much!!!! You’re so helpful!!!
Sorry I missed this - definitely verse! You can tell if a monologue is in verse by checking if the first word of each line is capitalised.