@GeePawHill There is a marvelous bit in the first episode of the RSC's Playing Shakespeare series with John Barton, where he has Ian McKellen illustrate a point using that opening line from the Merchant of Venice.

It's a stellar acting lesson but whether you're an actor or not, it's a joy to watch McKellen do his thing.

https://youtu.be/D2VnxiW3oqk?t=852

#TheMerchantOfVenice #IanMcKellen #JohnBarton #Shakespeare #PlayingShakespeare #Acting #Performance #Theatre

RSC Playing Shakespeare 1 of 9 The Two Traditions 1984 VHSrip

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Choral Canada's Podium 2024 was a chance to catch up with many of the composers Chronos has worked with, but we didn't have to go that far to see Stuart Beatch, Chronos' composer-in-residence!

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This is superb. #JohnBarton discusses 3 writing schemas to be identified when reading the Bible:
#Saga - a more recognisable #narrative structure
#Deuteronomous - serving a quasi-judicial function; God’s laws, ordinances. Listed.
#Priestly - Repetive, driving home a message, monotonous, overstatement.
All three ‘schemas’ appear in #Homer.
But this is already,early in Barton’s #HistoryOfTheBible a very handy tool.
Superb.