Travelling to Shakespeare's world?

Question

In my assignment it says: you have spoken to shakespeare and seen one of his performances. and you write a speech on describing what you saw and learnt.

Please help me. How do i start this speech. I have no idea. What would shakespeare say? how do i set this speech out? 0_0"

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

Answer 1

If you have the chance go to a local Renaissance Faire.  They are usually concerned with that period.  Most of them even have a humorous portrayal of the Bard and his plays.

The Bard had a sense of humor, his more intense plays were generally written for a patron or someone who paid him for his services.  There is much written about Shakespeare. Check it out.

Try to use the speech of the time, but temper it a bit to fit the audiences' understanding.  Many here have given good advice.  I suggest taking a bit here and there and your speech should go well.

Answer 2

put some humour into the speech, it'll keep the audience entertained

start with something that will grab their attention, and then act out your discussion with shakespeare. put some random "thou"s and "dost"s and stuff like that in where they dont really make sense but keep the language modern. for the parts where you're analysing though you should make it more serious, but dont make the speech boring.

Answer 3

A few hints:

Use your imagination.

Where did you see one of Master Shakespeare's plays performed? At one of the London playhouses, like The Globe, or at a special performance at a noble's manor house, or before Queen Elizabeth herself?

Which of his plays did you see?

How was it staged?

Did the audience like it? What parts did you like or dislike?

Shakespeare was keeping an eye on the performance, perhaps even playing one of the parts. If so, which part? Was he a good actor, as well as a good playwright?

Did you meet him after the play because you were part of a noble family watching the play, or were you a poor Londoner he tripped over behind the theater after the show?

Did you tell him you saw him in the show, or that you liked the play? (most theater people like to be complimented) Perhaps you told him you wanted to be an actor yourself.

Do you think he would talk like a character in his plays? Not too likely. He wouldn't sound too modern, but he wouldn't sound too old-fashioned either. Plain speaking.

Lastly, what would you tell yourself if you were Master Shakespeare meeting the real you? What would you like him to say to you?

Have fun. Pretend. Enjoy the play.

Answer 4

focus on his sense of humor... most people don't think of that when they think of shakespear... do you know much ado about nothing?

try this:

i guess it only goes to  show.... just as soon as you think you know everything about someone, you find out you don't know them at all. for instance: i always thot that the title of william shakespear's 'much ado about nothing' meant that the characters were making a big fuss over nothing at all. little did i know that originally, the word was noting! it didn't mean at all that they were making a fuss over nothing.. it meant that the characters were noting this person and noting that person.. and THEN they made the big fuss!

in shakespears much ado about nothing......... yada yada...

jar their attention in the opening line, make them curious.... did that help???? (heh ... i wrote that up REALLY fast... but you get my drift........)