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Audition Excerpt for Delio
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And most importantly enjoy yourself. We do not expect a "perfect" performance. We merely want a sense of who you are and what you may be able to contribute to our production. Have fun and we appreciate everyone's efforts in advance. It will be great to meet you all face to face! Jordan Morris: Producer 1st Excerpt: ANTONIO You are welcome to your country, my dear friend Delio! You have been long in France and you return A very formal Frenchman in your habit. How do you like the French court? DELIO Antonio, I admire it. In seeking to reduce both state and people To a fix'd order, their judicious king Begins at home quits first his royal palace Of flattering sycophants, of dissolute And infamous persons which he sweetly terms His master's master-piece, the work of heaven; Considering duly that a prince's court Is like a common fountain, whence should flow Pure silver drops in general, but if't chance Some curs'd example poison't near the head, Death and diseases through the whole land spread. And what is't makes this blessed government But a most provident council, who dare freely Inform him the corruption of the times? Though some o' the court hold it presumption To instruct princes what they ought to do, It is a noble duty to inform them What they ought to foresee. ANTONIO Here is Bosola. DELIO I knew this fellow seven years in the galleys For a notorious murder, and 'twas thought The Cardinal suborn'd it and now will not Acknowledge the perpetrator of the deed. ANTONIO 'Tis great pity He should be thus neglected; I have heard He's very valiant. His foul melancholy Will poison all his goodness, for I'll tell you: If too immoderate sleep be truly said To be an inward rust unto the soul, It then doth follow want of action Breeds all black malcontents; and their close rearing, Like moths in cloth, do hurt for want of wearing. DELIO What's this cardinal? I mean his temper. They say he's a brave fellow; Will play his five thousand crowns at tennis, dance, Court ladies, and one that hath fought single combats. ANTONIO Some such flashes superficially hang on him for form; but observe his inward character: he is a melancholy churchman. The spring in his face is nothing but the engend'ring of toads; where he is jealous of any man, he lays worse plots for them than ever was impos'd on Hercules, for he strews in his way flatterers, panders, intelligencers, atheists, and a thousand such political monsters. He should have been Pope, but instead of coming to it by the primitive decency of the church, he did bestow bribes so largely and so impudently as if he would have carried it away without heaven's knowledge. DELIO You have given too much of him. What's his brother? ANTONIO He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools: they are rich and o'erladen with fruit, but none but crows, pies, and caterpillars feed on them. Could I be one of their flattering panders, I would hang on their ears like a horseleech till I were full, and then drop off. The Duke there? A most perverse and turbulent nature. What appears in him mirth is merely outside; If he laugh heartily, it is to laugh All honesty out of fashion. DELIO Twins? ANTONIO In quality. He speaks with others' tongues and hears men's suits With others' ears; will seem to sleep o' the bench Only to entrap offenders in their answers; Dooms men to death by information, Rewards by hearsay. DELIO Then the law to him Is like a foul black cobweb to a spider: He makes it his dwelling, and a prison To entangle those shall feed him. END 2nd Excerpt: [To herself] Signior Delio; 'tis one of my old suitors. DELIO I was bold to come and see you. JULIA Sir, you are welcome. DELIO Do you lie here? JULIA Sure your own experience Will satisfy you no; our Roman prelates Do not keep lodging for ladies. DELIO Very well: I have brought you no commendations from your husband, For I know none by him. JULIA I hear he's come to Rome. DELIO I never knew man and beast of a horse and a knight So weary of each other. If he had had a good back, He would have undertook to have borne his horse– His breech was so pitifully sore. JULIA Your laughter Is my pity. DELIO Lady, I know not whether You want money, but I have brought you some. JULIA From my husband? DELIO No, from mine own allowance. JULIA I must hear the condition ere I be bound to take it. DELIO Look on't; 'tis gold. Hath it not a fine colour? JULIA I have a bird more beautiful. DELIO Try the sound on't. JULIA A lute-string far exceeds it: It hath no smell, like cassia or civet; Nor is it physical, though some fond doctors Persuade us seethe't in cullises. I'll tell you, This is a creature bred by- [Interrupted by SERVANT entering.] SERVANT Your husband's come. [Exit SERVANT and JULIA.] DELIO They pass through whirl-pools, and deep woes do shun Who the event weigh, ere the action's done. END | Some context: under construction ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/3/-m1TjhQivnYR5a-IKLmAEA253181/GW239H279 "[Untitled]") ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/GasK4wkP4W0iAoaDQmfX6Q7880/GW116H27 "[Untitled]"){kind=small} ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/5xYrVKWvbds1flIC2HQHrg8631/GW118H29 "[Untitled]"){kind=small}  As you study the excerpt and prepare for your audition, also consider the following questions that Mr. Hopkins may ask you: Do you think this scene is about money? Can you imagine what his affair with Julia was like? How far back do you think his relationship with Antonio goes? Webster has him turning up all over the place. How does the actor begin to justify that? ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/BNNCtgKXY1Y7ErEj-drbYg22699/GW144H67 "[Untitled]") |
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