 | Norman Walsh, Leonard Muellner - 1999 - 662 ページ
...a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! </literallayout> < /blockquote> O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! — William Shakespeare, Henry V For additional examples, see also Part. — A list of the titles of... | |
 | Robert Weimann - 2000 - 324 ページ
...stirring confidence in the dramatic powers of "invention" to serve and inspire the play's opening: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself. Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels (Leash'd in, like hounds) should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. (1-8) To appropriate... | |
 | Harvey C. Mansfield (Jr.) - 2000 - 362 ページ
...choral interludes, beginning with the prologue, which sounds like a Homeric invocation of the muse: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars. (Prol.1-6) Shakespeare repeatedly presents military greatness in Henry V in terms of precedents from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 60 ページ
...ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to hehold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit... | |
 | John J. Joughin - 2000 - 148 ページ
...nothing figured as zero which informs the conceit of the Prologue to Henry V. The opening peroration: 'O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend / The brightest...act / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!' (Prologue, 1—4) is followed by an apology for the 'flat unraised spirits' of the actors and 'unworthy... | |
 | Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 ページ
...Elliott Ann Saks Margaret Curtis Rosemary Carver Soldiers, Servants ACT ONE Scene One Enter Chorus. CHORUS O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The...for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unrais'd spirits that hath dared 176 Orson Welles on Shakespeare On this unworthy scaffold to bring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 272 ページ
...Henry V a parallel text The Life of Henry the Fift The Life of HENRY V [1.0] Enter [CHORUS as] Prologue Chorus O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The...himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 212 ページ
...often mixes singular and plural verbs and subjects. PROLOGUE London: the Globe Theatre. Enter Chorus Chorus O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. 5 Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels (Leash'd in,... | |
 | David Hirson - 2001 - 148 ページ
...crowd.* MA URICE appears before the curtain. An anticipatory hush settles over the Audience.) MAURICE. "O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ... !" (A look of dumbstruck terror crosses MAURICE'S face. He glances helplessly towards the wings.)... | |
 | David Hirson - 2001 - 372 ページ
...crowd.* Maurice appears before the curtain. An anticipatory hush settles over the Audience. MAURICE "O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene . . . !" A look of dumbstruck terror crosses Maurice's face. He glances helplessly towards the wings.... | |
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O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to "act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd... 
