For thee, fond boy,
If I may ever know thou dost but sigh
That thou no more shalt see this knack, as never
I mean thou shalt, we'll bar thee from succession;
Not hold thee of our blood. |
And thou, fresh piece
Of excellent witchcraft, who of force must know
The royal fool thou copest with, --
I'll have thy beauty scratch'd with briers, and made
More homely than thy state.
Polixenes,
The Winter's Tale |
Sean Tarrant (center)
as Polixenes with Elliot C. Villar as Florizel, Christopher Domig as Camillo,
Sarah Dandridge as Perdita, and John Cothran as the shepard, in the Cynthia
Croot directed production of The Winter's Tale, Colorado Shakespeare
Festival, 2005. |