Troilus and Cressida Darma Prologue         Chorus. In Troy, there lies the scene. From isles of GreeceThe princes orgulous, their high blood chafed,Have to the port of Athens sent their ships,Fraught with the ministers and instrumentsOf cruel war: sixty and nine, that wore 5Their crownets regal, from the Athenian bayPut forth toward…

Act I, Scene 1 (Titus Andronicus Shakespeare Darma) Rome. Before the Capitol.         [The Tomb of the ANDRONICI appearing; the Tribunes] [p]and Senators aloft. Enter, below, from one side, [p]SATURNINUS and his Followers; and, from the other [p]side, BASSIANUS and his Followers; with drum and colours] Saturninus. Noble patricians, patrons of my…

Prologue         (Romeo and Juliet Darma) Chorus. Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 5A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with…

Act I, Scene 1 (Timon of Athens Shakespeare Darma) Athens. A hall in Timon’s house.         [Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and] [p]others, at several doors] Poet. Good day, sir. Painter. I am glad you’re well. Poet. I have not seen you long: how goes the world? 5 Painter. It wears, sir,…

Act I, Scene 1 (Othello Shakespeare Darma) Venice. A street.         [Enter RODERIGO and IAGO] Roderigo. Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindlyThat thou, Iago, who hast had my purseAs if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. Iago. ‘Sblood, but you will not hear me: 5If ever I…

Act I, Scene 1 (Macbeth Shakespeare Darma) A desert place.    (Macbeth Shakespeare Darma)     [Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches] First Witch. When shall we three meet againIn thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch. When the hurlyburly’s done,When the battle’s lost and won. 5 Third Witch. That will be ere the set…

Act I, Scene 1 (King Lear Shakespeare Darma) King Lear’s Palace.         Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmund. [Kent and Gloucester converse. Edmund stands back.] Earl of Kent. I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany thanCornwall. Earl of Gloucester. It did always seem so to us; but now, in…

Act I, Scene 1 (Julius Caesar Shakespeare Darma) Rome. A street.   (Julius Caesar Shakespeare Darma)       Enter FLAVIUS, MARULLUS, and certain Commoners Flavius. Hence! home, you idle creatures get you home:Is this a holiday? what! know you not,Being mechanical, you ought not walkUpon a labouring day without the sign 5Of your profession?…

Act I, Scene 1 (Hamlet Shakespeare Darma) Elsinore. A platform before the Castle.         Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down at his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him]. Bernardo. Who’s there? Francisco. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself. Bernardo. Long live the King! Francisco. Bernardo? 5 Bernardo. He….

Act I, Scene 1 Cymbeline Shakespeare Darma Britain. The garden of Cymbeline’s palace.         [Enter two Gentlemen] First Gentleman. You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloodsNo more obey the heavens than our courtiersStill seem as does the king. Second Gentleman. But what’s the matter? 5 First Gentleman. His daughter,…