Sunday, February 25, 2007

Ακούτε Θέατρο; Δευτέρων Ρόλων συνέχεια (05)




Mercy, show some mercy!




Η Lynn Collins, στον ρόλο της Portia, μεταμφιεσμένη ως Διδάκτωρ Δικαίου, στο φιλμ «Ο Εμπορος της Βενετίας» (2004), του Michael Radford.

Ακούστε την Hannah Gordon σε ηχογράφηση εκ των αρχείων του BBC:



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The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Sc. I

PORTIA
The quality of mercy is not strain'd;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The thronèd monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this-
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

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