Tell us about the literary classics you have read /seen.
Share your favorite dialogues, scenes, passage.
and tell us why do you like them, what inspiration do you derive from them.
Re: Drama ?
Mine is 'Totaa Kahani' by ashfaq ahmed. After that Drama series was telecast from Lahore TV, it came out in book form. It was just an amazing read.
They did not just publish the dramas, they actually published the real script. So when you read that, you will see (in bracket) instructions or suggestions that Ashfaq Ahmed wrote for the director or set designer or what not.
It was a treat to read
Re: Drama ?
^ I know :) I have one of these drama collection (book) written by Ashfaq Ahmed. I think i have seen tota kahani at book stalls
I think my first encounter with drama script was in 9th class urdu book title was 'Ghar se ghar tak' and then it was tragic drama 'Dastak' in next class. I remember both, they were good.
Re: Drama ?
Let me share one classic scene and the famous speach.
Julius Ceasar
**
background and setting :***
At this point in the play, the conspirators have murdered Julius Caesar. Against Cassius's advice, Brutus has given Antony permission to give Caesar's funeral oration provided only good things are said of the conspirators. Before Antony's speech, Brutus gives a speech to the plebeians explaining how he slew his friend Caesar for the good of Rome.
Brutus' speech, though an example of Brutus' oratorial skill, is cold and aloof, while Antony's is personal, emotional, and appeals to the people, whose hearts he manages to sway through this speech and others throughout the rest of the scene.
As Antony's speech begins the plebs are completely on the conspirators' side. Antony follows Brutus' instructions to the letter, but through a subtle shift of emphasis, most notably a continuing repetition of the word "honorable", he manipulates the crowd, provoking their rage against the assassins and their grief for the lost Caesar. In so doing, he turns the tide of public opinion against Brutus, Cassius, and their compatriots - and thus paves the way for the conspirators' defeat at the close of the play.*
** SCENE II. The Forum.**
- Enter BRUTUS and CASSIUS, and a throng of Citizens *
Citizens
- We will be satisfied; let us be satisfied.*
BRUTUS
- Then follow me, and give me audience, friends. Cassius, go you into the other street, And part the numbers. Those that will hear me speak, let 'em stay here; Those that will follow Cassius, go with him; And public reasons shall be rendered Of Caesar's death.
First Citizen
I will hear Brutus speak.Second Citizen
I* will hear Cassius; and compare their reasons,
When severally we hear them rendered.Exit CASSIUS, with some of the Citizens. BRUTUS goes into the pulpit
Third Citizen
- The noble Brutus is ascended*: silence!
BRUTUS
*** Be patient till the last.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me
for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and
awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar
was no less than his. If then that friend demand
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
--Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and
die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live
all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;
as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was
valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I
slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his
fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his
ambition. Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.
Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If
any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so
vile that will not love his country? If any, speak;
for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
All
None, Brutus, none.
BRUTUS
Then none have I offended. I have done no more to
Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question of
his death is enrolled in the Capitol; his glory not
extenuated, wherein he was worthy, nor his offences
enforced, for which he suffered death.
Enter ANTONY and others, with CAESAR's body
Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who,
though he had no hand in his death, shall receive
the benefit of his dying, a place in the
commonwealth; as which of you shall not? With this
I depart,--that, as I slew my best lover for the
good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself,
when it shall please my country to need my death.
All
Live, Brutus! live, live!
First Citizen
Bring him with triumph home unto his house.
Second Citizen
Give him a statue with his ancestors.
Third Citizen
Let him be Caesar.
Fourth Citizen
Caesar's better parts
Shall be crown'd in Brutus.
First Citizen
We'll bring him to his house
With shouts and clamours.
BRUTUS
My countrymen,--
Second Citizen
Peace, silence! Brutus speaks.
First Citizen
Peace, ho!
BRUTUS
Good countrymen, let me depart alone,
And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:
Do grace to Caesar's corpse, and grace his speech
Tending to Caesar's glories; which Mark Antony,
By our permission, is allow'd to make.
I do entreat you, not a man depart,
Save I alone, till Antony have spoke.
Exit
First Citizen
Stay, ho! and let us hear Mark Antony.
Third Citizen
Let him go up into the public chair;
We'll hear him. Noble Antony, go up.
ANTONY
For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you.
Goes into the pulpit
Fourth Citizen
What does he say of Brutus?
Third Citizen
He says, for Brutus' sake,
He finds himself beholding to us all.
Fourth Citizen
'Twere best he speak no harm of Brutus here.
First Citizen
This Caesar was a tyrant.
Third Citizen
Nay, that's certain:
We are blest that Rome is rid of him.
Second Citizen
Peace! let us hear what Antony can say.
ANTONY
You gentle Romans,--
Citizens
Peace, ho! let us hear him.
Re: Drama ?
ANTONY
** Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
** I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
Re: Drama ?
The pleasure is mine 
Obiviously it is sheer pleasure reading Shakespeare or watching a strong performance based on his play, which is rare feat itself :k:
If you read carefully and analyse then speech by Brutus is far more refined , focussed and closely knit. On the other hand
Antony’s words are not that concise, but they make a huge impact. Delivering these lines to its essence is hell of task.
Please share your favorite parts of drama, you have read or seen. Let it be it in any language :k:
I 'll share more later