Characters' Comparison
Written Prologue Comparison
Written Act I sc.1 Comparison
Play and Films Comparison
Language
100
What characters disappear or change names in the Penguin Readers version?
Chorus missing. Doctor instead of apothecary. Petruccio disappears.
100
Is there any PROLOGUE in Penguin?
No, there isn't.
100
What is the Penguin Readers version doing?
Simplifying. Writing in modern language. Summing up a lot of lines in a few [eg at the beginning 20 lines of Shakespeare's version is summed up in 4 lines!]
100
In Zeffirelli's film, can you hear the whole prologue? What can you deduce for your possible adaptation?
No, we cannot. Zeffirelli uses the sonnet up to 'parents' strife'. Not afterwards. For our adaptation, it means that we can cut some passages for our directing purpose.
100
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'YES'?
AY /ai/
200
What is the use of this PROLOGUE?
To announce the play. Even the duration : 'two-hours traffic of our stage'. To announce the themes: the form of a sonnet is in keeping with the theme of LOVE but also the theme of FATE. [to be found again in the KISS AND SIN SONNET for instance]
200
In Luhrmann's film, can you hear the whole prologue? What can you deduce for your possible adaptation?
No we cannot. But it's longer than Zeffirelli's. It goes up to 'two-hours' traffic of our stage'. So keeps in mind the down-to-earth announcement of the play, here the film, duration.
200
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'NO'?
NAY /nei/
300
In Shakespeare's version, what is the FORM of the Prologue? Why?
It is a SONNET [abab cdcd efef gg] with iambic pentameters. Its own form aims at announcing the plot to come: LOVE and FATE.
300
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'DO'?
DOTH
300
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'YOU ARE'?
THOU ART
400
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'I GIVE YOU'?
I GIVE THEE
500
In Shakespeare's version, how would you say 'YOUR LOVE'?
THY LOVE
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