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“The raven himself is horse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under WHOSE battlements!?!?!!!! That’s the key to this play. No production works without a strong, powerful, hopefully sexy actress who sees the play as HERS, not his….🙏🎭💃
Thank you for this interpretation! it was very insightful. I played Lady Macbeth in my University production back in 2016 and I even though I did some character work I don't think I fully understood my character. There are many more layers to a character. When you think you've found the the nuggets, dig even deeper. that's what I'm learning. :)
I LOVE the Verdi opera! I’m so excited that you got some ideas here. 😍😍😍 Going to head over to your channel too because singing for self care is close to my heart.
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been working and preforming this monologue in any chance I have for years And just found out from you a lot of things I missed and it helped me a lot!! Btw obsessed with your channel I ,usually when doing this monologue , starting in the moment she finish reading the letter, smiling the messenger part straight to ‘the raven’ do you know its ok for drama schools or Shakespeare audition? Or the proper way is to start in ‘the raven himself..’?
Yesssss! Look up "Why droops my lord, like over-ripened corn" by Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester in Henry VI Part 2. She is basically like the early version of Lady M, except when she pitches the "take the throne" idea to her husband, he's like, "NOPE. SHUT IT DOWN". 😂 That particular monologue is a short one (definitely under 1 minute) where she's encouraging him to go for the throne.
Hey, so I’m auditioning for Manchester met to do the course for acting and am wanting to do this monologue as I have to do one from a Shakespeare play written in blank verse. It says on the requirements that the monologue shouldn’t be more then 2 minutes long but I think I could only stretch this out to 1 minute 😳 do you think that would still be okay or should I search for a longer one? Thanks!
I think this is a good one for an under two minute monologue because it has a lot going on for the character even though it’s short. Just give some thought to how you can add variety so it’s not just one note throughout. Really the time limits are so they don’t end up having to watch a bunch of 7 minute monologues! Shorter is usually fine.
I don’t think your interpretation of them being a golden couple with Macbeth being ‘able’ to kill people. He is not able to do so , since he is lie a child , very open to truthfulness and lacks the ambition with dark matter, like she has. So her, being the submissive that she is , she takes her statement of going into dark matter ot support her husband to get to his goal, since she couldn’t give him children and was not able to be the role of a ‘wife’ at the time , for doing so.
Well the great thing about Shakespeare is that it’s so rich that lots of people have differing opinions! You are welcome to disagree with me but I’ll add a bit more information here about the above topics for other people that might read these comments in future. The ‘golden couple’ idea is not my own, it has been utilised by many directors. I think I may have heard it mentioned in a Cheek by Jowl podcast (it might have been this one if you’re interested podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/not-true-but-useful-a-cheek-by-jowl-podcast/id1509271413?i=1000473381175) They are both well respected in the community and Macbeth has just had a lot of success in battle. That is what I mean by him being able to kill people - he has literally just killed a bunch of people, but it’s in battle rather than in ‘cold blood’, so he finds it very different. Ian McKellen talks about this in the book “Staging Shakespeare”. I don’t believe that he lacks ambition. If he did, he would not agree to go ahead with her idea. You can actually see that situation play out in Henry VI part 2, when the Duchess of Gloucester tells Gloucester that he should aim to take the crown. Gloucester wants nothing to do with her plan, and ultimately the Duchess is caught, shamed and exiled. That’s not what happens here. Everybody will have different opinions about which character is ‘to blame’ for what happened, but I want to argue strongly against reducing Macbeth to ‘childlike’. To do so removes Macbeth’s agency and reduces his wonderful complexity.
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thank you so much for this, i’m using this monologue for an audition and i’m doing all the research i can and this was very helpful
This is a great audition monologue. Short and packs a punch! Glad it helped! 😊
i have an audition this afternoon and this REALLY helped me get a clearer interpretation of the script😩👏🏼
“The raven himself is horse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under WHOSE battlements!?!?!!!! That’s the key to this play. No production works without a strong, powerful, hopefully sexy actress who sees the play as HERS, not his….🙏🎭💃
Audition in 3 days and up late trying to scrape it together. Thank you so much, definitely subbing
Hope it went well!
This was so unbelievably helpful. Such a great break down. Thank you for posting
Thank you for this interpretation! it was very insightful. I played Lady Macbeth in my University production back in 2016 and I even though I did some character work I don't think I fully understood my character. There are many more layers to a character. When you think you've found the the nuggets, dig even deeper. that's what I'm learning. :)
In my humble opinion, Lady Macbeth soliloquy is a textbook guide for any woman seeking higher office!
I just think all of these are fantastic... thank you so so much.
A belated thank you for your lovely comment 😊 Glad you're finding the videos helpful.
Great video, thank you! I sing the aria based on this monologue in the Verdi opera adaptation. You’ve given me some different angles to think about 😍
I LOVE the Verdi opera! I’m so excited that you got some ideas here. 😍😍😍 Going to head over to your channel too because singing for self care is close to my heart.
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been working and preforming this monologue in any chance I have for years
And just found out from you a lot of things I missed and it helped me a lot!! Btw obsessed with your channel
I ,usually when doing this monologue , starting in the moment she finish reading the letter, smiling the messenger part straight to ‘the raven’ do you know its ok for drama schools or Shakespeare audition? Or the proper way is to start in ‘the raven himself..’?
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Thank you so much! Absolutely helpful 🥰 subscribed!
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Any suggestions of a 1-minute monologue for the role of Lady Macbeth that is Not from Macbeth? I’m struggling to find something similar enough to me…
Yesssss! Look up "Why droops my lord, like over-ripened corn" by Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester in Henry VI Part 2. She is basically like the early version of Lady M, except when she pitches the "take the throne" idea to her husband, he's like, "NOPE. SHUT IT DOWN". 😂 That particular monologue is a short one (definitely under 1 minute) where she's encouraging him to go for the throne.
Hey, so I’m auditioning for Manchester met to do the course for acting and am wanting to do this monologue as I have to do one from a Shakespeare play written in blank verse. It says on the requirements that the monologue shouldn’t be more then 2 minutes long but I think I could only stretch this out to 1 minute 😳 do you think that would still be okay or should I search for a longer one? Thanks!
I think this is a good one for an under two minute monologue because it has a lot going on for the character even though it’s short. Just give some thought to how you can add variety so it’s not just one note throughout.
Really the time limits are so they don’t end up having to watch a bunch of 7 minute monologues! Shorter is usually fine.
@@ShakespearewithSarah okay thank you! Your video really helped me understand what was going on! X
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What is that accent?
I’m from Australia.
Everyone knows it's best to talk about Shakespeare in an Aussie accent.
@@shakespeareacademy6088 😂 Yep people definitely seem to love it 😝
I don’t think your interpretation of them being a golden couple with Macbeth being ‘able’ to kill people. He is not able to do so , since he is lie a child , very open to truthfulness and lacks the ambition with dark matter, like she has. So her, being the submissive that she is , she takes her statement of going into dark matter ot support her husband to get to his goal, since she couldn’t give him children and was not able to be the role of a ‘wife’ at the time , for doing so.
Well the great thing about Shakespeare is that it’s so rich that lots of people have differing opinions! You are welcome to disagree with me but I’ll add a bit more information here about the above topics for other people that might read these comments in future.
The ‘golden couple’ idea is not my own, it has been utilised by many directors. I think I may have heard it mentioned in a Cheek by Jowl podcast (it might have been this one if you’re interested podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/not-true-but-useful-a-cheek-by-jowl-podcast/id1509271413?i=1000473381175)
They are both well respected in the community and Macbeth has just had a lot of success in battle. That is what I mean by him being able to kill people - he has literally just killed a bunch of people, but it’s in battle rather than in ‘cold blood’, so he finds it very different. Ian McKellen talks about this in the book “Staging Shakespeare”.
I don’t believe that he lacks ambition. If he did, he would not agree to go ahead with her idea. You can actually see that situation play out in Henry VI part 2, when the Duchess of Gloucester tells Gloucester that he should aim to take the crown. Gloucester wants nothing to do with her plan, and ultimately the Duchess is caught, shamed and exiled. That’s not what happens here.
Everybody will have different opinions about which character is ‘to blame’ for what happened, but I want to argue strongly against reducing Macbeth to ‘childlike’. To do so removes Macbeth’s agency and reduces his wonderful complexity.