Introduction 1. Mouth full of news: single lines and single speeches 2. Now it is the time of night: A Midsummer Night's Dream 3. A local habitation: The Tempest and As You Like It Interval: Thou drone, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot 4. How goes the night, boy? Macbeth 5. Bright smoke: Romeo and Juliet 6. Furious winter's rages: King Lear and Cymbeline 7. By heart 8. Faith, hope, love and teaching Afterword