The melancholy Jaques

[kitchen_kink]

If you were to pick a scene in As You Like It to audition people for the part of Jaques, what would you pick? I kind of want to avoid his big monologues ("All the world's a stage" especially).

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[dietrich.livejournal.com]

It's a good choice, and I've been looking at it, both for the Duke and for Jaques, to see their relationship, which I believe is important to the play. It's tough, though, as it's full of hard language and monologues. It's actually the scene in the play I have the most trouble wrapping my head around.

But definitely considering it. Also, the scene with him and Orlando. "I do desire that we may be better strangers." Hee.

[desireearmfeldt]

Without the script in my hand, I was going to suggest the Orlando scene where J is taking O to task for pinning things to trees.