All's Well That Ends Well - Act II, Scene 3 (Lord have mercy on thee.)

We begin about 2/3rds through Act II, Scene 3. Bertram (Count Rousillon) has become royally engaged to Helena by the Queen and they have gone off-stage to be married. Lord Lafeu hangs behind with Bertram's second Parolles and calls Parolles out as simply a servant to the Count.

Parolles. My master!

Lafeu. Are you companion to the Count Rousillon?

Parolles. To any count, to all counts, to what is man.

Lafeu. To what is count's man: count's master is of another style.

Parolles. You are too old, sir; let it satisfy you, you are too old.

Lafeu. I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man; to which title age cannot bring thee.

Parolles. What I dare too well do, I dare not do.

Lafeu. I did think thee, for two ordinaries, to be a pretty wise fellow; thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel; it might pass: yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burthen. I have now found thee ...

From there, it gets better.

No, the "Moment of Awesome" was not scripted.

This video features Steve Banks as Lafeu, Ron Ogden as Parolles, and Josh Williams as Bertram. All's Well That Ends Well was a North Fulton Drama Club production.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• shakespeare
• lafeu
• parolles
• bertram
• roswell
• barrington
• ogden
• banks
• williams
• northfultondramaclub

[coheroy]

Well done NFDC.