As You Like It, Act 2 Scene 2 runs 21 lines of dialogue, spoken by 3 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 122 lines. This scene is part of Act 2 of As You Like It.
Full Dialogue
Duke Frederick ♂
Can it be possible that no man saw them?
It cannot be: some villains of my court
Are of consent and sufferance in this.
It cannot be: some villains of my court
Are of consent and sufferance in this.
First Lord ♂
I cannot hear of any that did see her.
The ladies, her attendants of her chamber,
Saw her abed, and in the morning early
They found the bed untreasured of their mistress.
The ladies, her attendants of her chamber,
Saw her abed, and in the morning early
They found the bed untreasured of their mistress.
Second Lord ♂
My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft
Your grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.
Hisperia, the princess' gentlewoman,
Confesses that she secretly o'erheard
Your daughter and her cousin much commend
The parts and graces of the wrestler
That did but lately foil the sinewy Charles;
And she believes, wherever they are gone,
That youth is surely in their company.
Your grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.
Hisperia, the princess' gentlewoman,
Confesses that she secretly o'erheard
Your daughter and her cousin much commend
The parts and graces of the wrestler
That did but lately foil the sinewy Charles;
And she believes, wherever they are gone,
That youth is surely in their company.
Duke Frederick ♂
Send to his brother; fetch that gallant hither;
If he be absent, bring his brother to me;
I'll make him find him: do this suddenly,
And let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways.
If he be absent, bring his brother to me;
I'll make him find him: do this suddenly,
And let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways.
21 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Second Lord | 9 | 42.9% |
| Duke Frederick | 8 | 38.1% |
| First Lord | 4 | 19.0% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 9 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 7 lines.
Total speakers on stage
3 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 2
This is Scene 2 of 7 in Act 2 of As You Like It.
Scene length vs. play average
At 21 lines, this scene is shorter than the As You Like It average scene in As You Like It (~122 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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