ii. Formal Scenes in Shakespeare’s Globe Plays requiring more than five characters
Single Combat ScenesAs You Like It, I, ii;Merry Wives of Windsor, III, i;Troilus and Cressida, IV, v;Coriolanus, III, i.Banquet ScenesAs You Like It, II, vii;Macbeth, III, iv;Antony and Cleopatra, II, vii;Timon, I, ii.Hearing or Trial ScenesMerry Wives of Windsor, I, i (?);Measure for Measure, II, i;Othello, I, iii;Lear, II, ii;Coriolanus, III, iii.Council or Senate ScenesHamlet, I, ii;Lear, I, i;Othello, I, iii;Coriolanus, II, ii;Julius Caesar, III, i.Play-Within-Play ScenesHamlet, II, ii; III, ii.Procession ScenesHamlet, V, i;All’s Well, III, v;Troilus and Cressida, I, ii; III, iii;Macbeth, IV, i;Coriolanus, II, i;Pericles, II, ii;Julius Caesar, III, i.Welcoming ScenesTroilus and Cressida, IV, v;Othello, II, i;Macbeth, I, vi;Timon, I, i.Alarum SceneMacbeth, II, iii.Parley ScenesAntony and Cleopatra, II, ii; II, vi;Julius Caesar, V, i.FinalesAs You Like It, V, iv;Twelfth Night, V, iv;Merry Wives of Windsor, V, v;Hamlet, V, ii;All’s Well, V, iii;Measure for Measure, V, i;Othello, V, ii;Lear, V, iii;Macbeth, V, viii;Coriolanus, V, vi;Antony and Cleopatra, V, ii;Pericles, V, iii.The only plays whose finales do not fall into this category of group scenes areJulius Caesar, Timon of Athens, andTroilus and Cressida. Their finales fall into the first category of group scenes, less than five characters with mute supernumeraries. Each of three scenes (Troilus and Cressida, IV, v;Othello, I, iii; andJulius Caesar, III, i) contains two types of formal actions within the single scene.
Single Combat ScenesAs You Like It, I, ii;Merry Wives of Windsor, III, i;Troilus and Cressida, IV, v;Coriolanus, III, i.
Banquet ScenesAs You Like It, II, vii;Macbeth, III, iv;Antony and Cleopatra, II, vii;Timon, I, ii.
Hearing or Trial ScenesMerry Wives of Windsor, I, i (?);Measure for Measure, II, i;Othello, I, iii;Lear, II, ii;Coriolanus, III, iii.
Council or Senate ScenesHamlet, I, ii;Lear, I, i;Othello, I, iii;Coriolanus, II, ii;Julius Caesar, III, i.
Play-Within-Play ScenesHamlet, II, ii; III, ii.
Procession ScenesHamlet, V, i;All’s Well, III, v;Troilus and Cressida, I, ii; III, iii;Macbeth, IV, i;Coriolanus, II, i;Pericles, II, ii;Julius Caesar, III, i.
Welcoming ScenesTroilus and Cressida, IV, v;Othello, II, i;Macbeth, I, vi;Timon, I, i.
Alarum SceneMacbeth, II, iii.
Parley ScenesAntony and Cleopatra, II, ii; II, vi;Julius Caesar, V, i.
FinalesAs You Like It, V, iv;Twelfth Night, V, iv;Merry Wives of Windsor, V, v;Hamlet, V, ii;All’s Well, V, iii;Measure for Measure, V, i;Othello, V, ii;Lear, V, iii;Macbeth, V, viii;Coriolanus, V, vi;Antony and Cleopatra, V, ii;Pericles, V, iii.
The only plays whose finales do not fall into this category of group scenes areJulius Caesar, Timon of Athens, andTroilus and Cressida. Their finales fall into the first category of group scenes, less than five characters with mute supernumeraries. Each of three scenes (Troilus and Cressida, IV, v;Othello, I, iii; andJulius Caesar, III, i) contains two types of formal actions within the single scene.