No Fear Shakespeare
The Tempest
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 2
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SEBASTIAN
A dollar.
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SEBASTIAN
What a pain.
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GONZALO
Dolor comes to him, indeed. You have spoken truer than you
purposed.
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GONZALO
Pain, yes indeed. We would find ourselves in pain. You thought you
were being funny, but you said the truth.
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SEBASTIAN
You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should.
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SEBASTIAN
You’re taking it more seriously than I meant it.
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GONZALO
(to
ALONSO) Therefore, my
lord—
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GONZALO
(to
ALONSO) Therefore,
sir—
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ANTONIO
(to
SEBASTIAN) Fie, what a spendthrift is
he of his tongue!
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ANTONIO
(to
SEBASTIAN) God, doesn’t he
ever shut up?
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ALONSO
(to
GONZALO) I prithee, spare.
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ALONSO
(to
GONZALO) Please, no more.
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GONZALO
Well, I have done. But yet—
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GONZALO
Well, I’m nearly finished. But just one last
thing—
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SEBASTIAN
(to
ANTONIO) He will be talking.
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SEBASTIAN
(to
ANTONIO) He insists on
talking.
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ANTONIO
Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to
crow?
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ANTONIO
Hey, let’s bet. Which one will start yammering first,
Gonzalo or Adrian?
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SEBASTIAN
The old cock.
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SEBASTIAN
The old guy.
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ANTONIO
The cockerel.
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ANTONIO
I pick the younger one.
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SEBASTIAN
Done. The wager?
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SEBASTIAN
You’re on. What’s the prize?
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ANTONIO
A laughter.
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ANTONIO
A good laugh.
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SEBASTIAN
A match!
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SEBASTIAN
It’s a deal!
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ADRIAN
Though this island seem to be desert—
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ADRIAN
Though this island may appear desolate—
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ANTONIO
(to
SEBASTIAN) Ha, ha, ha!
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ANTONIO
(to
SEBASTIAN) Ha, ha, ha!
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