Apply desperate physic: We must not n...
Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2, Scene 5
Time & Place
A private chamber in Rome, Italy, during the seventeenth century.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
Ferdinand is speaking privately to his brother,
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Apply desperate physic:
We must not now use balsamum, but fire,
The smarting cupping-glass, for that's the mean
To purge infected blood, such blood as hers.
There is a kind of pity in mine eye,
I’ll give it to her handkercher; and now ‘tis here,
I’ll bequeath this to her bastard.
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, Act 2, sc.5 ll.24-29.
Performance Tips
- Avoid playing generic anger throughout;
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. Diagnosing the Infection
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