I am having trouble with this whole sonnet thing. I feel like reading any online analysis or interpretation is sort of cheating, but I have no idea where to begin if I cannot even understand what the damn thing says, let alone what it means. Maybe a more experienced actor would have more authoritative things to say on the subject, but I feel like Shakespearean acting is much more delicate than other acting. There are so many layers of thought and character that have gone into his writing. And it’s not like we are reading monologues, which are meant to be performed. This is the equivalent of picking up any book of modern poetry and attempting to act out a poem. Stress stress stress stress stress.
Talk to Hilary about it, perhaps? She is well-versed in the ways of Shakespeare.
