To Be or Not To Be... Me Flashcards
Ken: All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women, merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Ginger: If music be the food of love, play on!
Ted: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them!
Casey: I am one that loved not wisely, but too well.
Buffy: We are such stuff as dreams are made on.
Ken: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Casey: Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Buffy: Life’s but a walking shadow. A poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard of no more.
Chad: To be or not to……….. line!
Charlie: (from the audience) Be!
Chad: What?
Charlie: To be!
Chad: I already said that!
Charlie: No! NOT to be!
Chad: Well, if it’s not “to be”, what is it?
Hayden: Okay, hold on everyone. Can anyone tell me why I stopped you?
Ginger: ‘cause we’re not projecting?
Buffy: ‘cause we weren’t cheating to the audience?
Danielle: ‘cause he, (pointing at Chad) doesn’t know his lines.
Chad: Shut up, Dani!
Danielle: It’s DANIELLE!
Chad: And who cares if the lines are wrong? Yeah. Who’s gonna know the difference?
Jordyn: Everyone!!!
Ted: (to Chad) Really? It’s all Greek to me.
Chad: Greek? I thought it was Shakespeare!
Ted: Same thing.
Jordyn: Do I need to remind you all how important this is? This isn’t just some school play. This is the Shakespeare Shakeup.
Hayden: (entering from the audience) Come on guys! It is a nationally recognized competition. I know the script’s not perfect, (JORDYN looks like she’s about to explode), but do you want Stratford High School to be the laughing stock of the nation???
Buffy: You should’ve thought about that before you cast Chad.
Chad: I’m doing you a favor.
Buffy: Favor? You’re the one getting the favor, Chad. We all know you’re only doing this show so you can pass Ms. Hathaway’s English class.
Chad: Whatever.
Jordyn: No! Not “whatever!” Would Shakespeare say “whatever?” You’re butchering my play!
Hayden: Jordyn, don’t you mean he’s butchering Shakespeare?
Jordyn: No. I mean my play.
Hayden: It’s my play now.
Ken: Uh oh. Here they go again.
Ginger: Yes Jordyn, you wrote it, but Hayden made it come alive.
Ken: Alive? Seems like we’re dead on arrival. We’ll never be ready for competition tomorrow.
Jordyn: We will win this competition. (pause) But if you mouth it, as many of you players do, I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines.
Ginger: I’m not totally sure, but I think she just insulted us.
Ted: Um, while we’re stopped, I have a question.
Ken: This ought to be good.
Ted: Why is everything from the plays mixed up?
Jordyn: WHAT?
Ted: I mean, I read Romeo & Juliet and I don’t remember a donkey being in it.
Jordyn: ARE YOU KIDDING? That’s the whole point of the Shakeup! Haven’t you been paying attention in rehearsal? Unbelievable.
Ted: Ohhh, I get it. (he doesn’t get it)
Ken: (laughing) He totally doesn’t get it. But that’s okay, Ted. You’re pretty.
Ted: Thanks!
Charlie: Can we get back to rehearsing?
Hayden: Actually, since we’re stopped, I could use a coffee.
Hayden: Let’s see who’s not important–er, I mean busy… where’s Bridget?
Stephanie: She’s backstage!
Hayden: Bridget!
Bridget: (bursting out from backstage) Yes! I’m here! Your understudy is here! Who am I going on for? I have all the lines memorized.
Chad: No one. You’re going on a Starbucks run.
Bridget: Oh. (pause) Again? Why do I have to go? I always get stuck going.
Ginger: Because you’re a Freshman.
Bridget: How is that fair?
Ginger: No one said it was. In a couple years, you can send your own Frosh to get you coffee. But right now, it’s all you. Take a deep breath and embrace your Froshiness.
Bridget: (takes a deep breath) Fine. What does everyone want?
Bridget: Stop yelling at me!
Ginger: We’re not yelling at you, we’re projecting at you!
Charlie: Well, we have to be ready. One more time everyone. Take it from the prologue and Richard III’s entrance. Action!
Nurse: One hunchback, feeling lost in solitude,
In fair Albany where we lay our scene.
Perhaps it was his shoes, or his hear was too small,
But no one loved Richard. Nope. No one at all.
Richard: Now is the winter of MY discontent.
Made even worse within this spring of love.
Since no one loves my gross, misshapen form,
Perhaps a magic flower can make a change -
The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid
Will make man or woman madly dote
Upon the next live creature that it sees.
And with this flower in my crippled hand,
I am determined to play a lover!
Witch 1: How now?
Witch 2: You called?
Witch 3: What ist thou will?
Richard: Aye! Have you the magic flower I spoke to you of?
Witch 1: We do, my lord. But, beware
Its’ magic is potent.
Witch 2: Love is the strongest emotion we know.
Witch 3: And this potion will cause one to fall madly in love with you… (looking Richard over)
Beyond their better judgement.
Richard: Perfect! Hand it here. Now… who to use it on?
Juliet: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Richard: I see a voice! What fair maiden appears?
Behind the arras I’ll convey myself.
Romeo: O, she doth teach he torches to burn bright!
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Buffy: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up! I’m not kissing anyone!
Ken: Yeah, neither am I!
Jordyn: Guys! You don’t have to kiss! This is the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet. All you have to do is hold hands.
Hayden: Explain to me again why they don’t kiss? I mean, come on– they’re Romeo and Juliet. The audience will expect it.
Jordyn: Well, not in MY play. This is my Shakespeare Shakeup. Juliet doesn’t fall in love with Romeo in my version because Richard III uses a love spell on her so that someone will love him.
Buffy: Well, I don’t want to kiss him either!
Jordyn: You don’t! Didn’t any of you read the play?!
Ken: No, I just read MY lines.
