Source: Futility Closet
Ellen Terry played Juliet at London’s Lyceum Theatre in 1882. The following was later found on the flyleaf of her copy of the text:
Get the words into your remembrance first of all. Then, (as you have to convey the meaning of the words to some who have ears, but don’t hear, and eyes, but don’t see) put the words into the simplest vernacular.
Then exercise your judgment about their sound.So many different ways of speaking words! Beware of sound and fury signifying…
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