 tis most certain, Iras : saucy lictors Will catch at us, like strumpets ; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune : the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels : Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall...  The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 135by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - Drama - 2000 - 254 pages
...truly endowed with a natural presence of erotic vulgarity. Shakespeare foresaw the problem, mind you: Saucy lictors Will catch at us like strumpets, and...shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' th' posture of a whore. (5.2.213-20) The other side of the balance sheet, however, is an ironic one.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 162 pages
...gross diet, shall we be enclouded, And forc'd to drink their vapour. IRAS The gods forbid! CLEOPATRA Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras: saucy lictors Will catch...greatness I' the posture of a whore. IRAS O the good gods! CLEOPATRA Nay, that's certain. IRAS I'll never see't! for I am sure my nails Are stronger than mine... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...gross diet, shall we be enclouded, /And forc'd to drink their vapour. Iiras. The gods forbid! Ideo. Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras: saucy lictors / Will...squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness / I' the posture ofa whore. [V.ii. 206-20] su obra de teatro. Nadie en Shakespeare hace una escena final tan estupenda,... | |
 | John Michael Archer - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 268 pages
...theater. She warns Iras that "Thou, an Egyptian puppet shall be shown / In Rome as well as I," where The quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and...Cleopatra boy my greatness I' the posture of a whore. (5.2.207-8, 215-20) The parody of Alexandria's transgressive sexuality in Rome's theaters does not... | |
 | David Schalkwyk - Drama - 2002 - 284 pages
...impossibly, like a duck-rabbit figure glimpsed for a moment in both aspects simultaneously: C.LEOPATRA Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch...shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' th' posture of a whore. (5.2.210-17)" The 'impossible' perception of both aspects at the same time... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 212 pages
...gross diet, shall we be enclouded, And forc'd to drink their vapour. Iras. The gods forbid! Cleopatra. Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch...shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' th' posture of a whore. (v, i1, 206-20)' Cleopatra dazzlingly holds up a mirror to the world of the... | |
 | Millicent Bell - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 316 pages
...is less hopeful of general judgment as she anticipates the representation of her great love affair: Saucy lictors Will catch at us like strumpets, and...shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' th' posture of a whore. Once more, the theater metaphor reminds us of the view Shakespeare seems to... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 228 pages
...endowed •with a natural presence of erotic vulgarity. Shakespeare foresaw the problem, mind you : Saucy lictors Will catch at us like strumpets, and...shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness Г th' posture of a whore. (5.3.213-20) The other side of the balance sheet however is an ironic one.... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...Cleopatra knows the Roman stage will parody their love, emphasizing its more material forms: . . . the quick comedians, Extemporally will stage us, and...Cleopatra boy my greatness I' the posture of a whore. (v. ii. 216) The love theme is closely welded with all this. The more spiritual reality grows, flames... | |
 | P. E. Easterling, Edith Hall - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 550 pages
...fears that she and Antony will become the subjects of ribald, cross-dressed comedy at Rome (5.2.216): The quick comedians extemporally will stage us and...shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' th' posture of a whore. But it is not just general accounts of ancient actors' performances that feature... | |
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