Reciting Shakespeare - King Henry V - Act 1, Prologue - 2016.07.17
Channel: Russ McClay
Date: 2016-07-17

Another recital of this Shakespearean bit.  The Prologue of Act 1 of Henry V is a noteworthy example of how the Chorus helped to provide an overview of the scene about to unfold in the next Act but also, as in this prologue, a reminder and encouragement of the audience to help their own experience of the play by engaging their imaginations.  

I first studied this bit 3 weeks ago.  It's short and easily memorized but not, for me, easily retained.  One word accompt is also spoken as account if anyone caught that!. Yesterday I did at least 6 takes...all failed, mostly because of one word... it's "the" not "this"!  But today I got the first take right.

How long can one keep a memory?  Everyone has experienced deep imprinting in memory: the never-forgottenlyrics of songs, advertising jingles and nursery rhymes. The brain and the neural system profound gifts in my estimation.