"Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably".
Una delle più belle commedie, dove il gioco degli equivoci, le battute spiritose, specialmente i duetti tra Benedetto e Beatrice, sono divertentissimi, e non mancano argute riflessioni sull'amicizia, sull'amore, sull'onore.
BENEDICK: I do love nothing in the world so well as you; is not that strange?
BEATRICE: As strange as the thing I know not. It were as possible for me to say I loved nothing so well as you; but believe me not, and yet I lie not; I confess nothing, nor I deny nothing. I am sorry for my cousin.
BENEDICK: By my sword, Beatrice, thou lovest me.
BEATRICE: Do not swear, and eat it.
BENEDICK: I will swear by it that you love me; and I will make him eat it that says I love not you.
BEATRICE: Will you not eat your word?
BENEDICK: With no sauce that can be devised to it; I protest I love thee.
BEATRICE: Why, then, God forgive me!
BENEDICK: What offence, sweet Beatrice?
BEATRICE: You have stayed me in a happy hour; I was about to protest I loved you.
BENEDICK: And do it with all thy heart.
BEATRICE: I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.
Colate d'ingegno in una prosa limpida e incalzante.
Arguta e sognante, caustica e delicata al tempo stesso.
Commedia allo stato puro. Una delle più belle opere di Shakespeare.
So I bought a copy of the script when I was at the play as I thought it'd be nice to read before going and seeing it again. I don't normally like to read Shakespeare plays, I much prefer to see them live. But as I was seeing this one twice I thought it would be ok. I have to say I didn't get much out of reading the script. There is just SO much in the way the actors deliver their lines and the way they move on stage, so that 2 pages may take 1 minute to read but 5 minutes when seeing live. There was nothing in the way of stage directions. It would be interesting to compare with an original version of the script to see how much had been changed (and I think there was quite a bit). But definitely not a version that should be read instead of the original. But for those who went and loved the show it's a great souvenir and a great way to remember what you saw. Though it is made incredibly poorly, cheap paper and a glued spine that feels it could give any minute. Still I will try to get mine signed anyway...
...Continuatra le opere di Sir William. E non ti stanca mai. Lo leggi e lo rileggi...
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh nor more;
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never;
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into. Hey nonny, nonny.
Sing no more ditties, sing no mo,
Or dumps so dull and heavy;
The fraud of men was ever so,
Since summer first was leavy.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into. Hey, nonny, nonny.
