[87701] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: More Shakespeare please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Sat Jan 23 16:22:49 2010
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:21:05 +0000 (GMT)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <EC6C7C4D-E1D5-4AA1-B33B-8BA652FBE682@embarqmail.com>
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mupIlmoHpu'! muDuQpu'! majQa'! qavan!
> I'd like to share my vision of a
> performance of this scene from MacBeth for whatever few
> might enjoy the mental image.
> It starts with an empty stage, except for one candle on a
> pedestal at face height, center stage. Macbeth enters, but
> stands in the darkness.
> He says ponderously, {naQpu'DI' Hoch tamey}, then pauses.
> {poHvetlh'e'!}
> He is pondering eternity. Another pause. He begins to walk
> toward the outer reaches of the flame's illumination,
> staring at it.
> {tlhetlhtaHvIS Hoch jajmey...} and shifts his eyes downward
> to the floor between him and the candle. He begins to take a
> step as he roars an extended {QIt}, and then takes slow,
> unsteady steps while saying {HeHomvamDaq yItHa'taH} takes a
> step {wa'leS}, another step {cha'leS} and another {wejleS,
> je}.
> He twists around to look behind himself. {'ej qoHpu'vaD
> HeHomvam lu'angpu' Hoch Hu'meyraj.}
> He twists back to stare into the flame. His face becomes
> even more serious. {Hegh chIm 'oH ghoch'e'.}
> He steps up to the candle and puts his palm behind it to
> reflect more out to the audience.
> {yInlI' qulHom ngaj.} He smiles and with his other hand, he
> points to his heart. {qulHomvam jIH}.
> He turns somber again, lowers his hand from the flame and
> says, {tugh rInjaj.}
> He turns to the audience and bellows {jIyInaHvIS DawI' nong
> vIrur.}
> He turns to the candle and more quietly says, {qoH lut
> vIjatlh, ghIq...} and blows out the candle. {... not
> jIjatlhqa'laH.}
> In the darkness, he turns and walks away, saying {chuSqu'
> lut, 'ach ramchu'}
> All my mind's a stage and all ideas, merely players.
