Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case.
Your daughter here the princes left for dead.
Let her awhile be secretly kept in
And publish it that she is dead indeed.
Maintain a mourning ostentation,
And on your family’s old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial.
Marry, this, well carried, shall on her behalf
Change slander to remorse. That is some good:
No, though he thought his accusation true.
Let this be so, and doubt not but success
Will fashion the event in better shape
Than I can lay it down in likelihood.
But if all aim but this be leveled false,
The supposition of the lady’s death
Will quench the wonder of her infamy.
And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
As best befits her wounded reputation,
In some reclusive and religious life,
Out of all eyes, tongues, minds, and injuries.
Actor Chris Saul has a wonderful, fitting voice for Shakespeare. He sounds to be a neophyte to Shakespeare, but he has potential to be a truly fine actor in his plays. Iambic pentameter is the hallmark meter for Shakespeare, but as voice coach Jeannette Nelson suggests, the Bard was so masterful with his poetry-cum-drama that trochees (along with spondees and pyrrhics) play along with the iambs. The varying accents within a pentameter line make for such rich poetry, and bring the drama along as the plot intends.
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