Leave it to Shakespeare and Ian McKellen to so eloquently speak of man's mountainish inhumanity. #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMore
Because of the Stephen Colbert show last night, a lot of people are probably going to be looking up #IanMcKellan's other performances of the #Shakespeare monologue from the play #ThomasMore .
Here's one from BBC Shakespeare Live back in 2016, with a foreword by #CatherineTate.
M. Tate says May Day. For context, the setting is specifically 1517-05-01, named Evil May Day in the #history books.
There's also this one that is more recent.
Cribbing from that other thread:
'The Strangers' Case" Speec
from Sir Thomas More
On May 1, 1517 - now referred to as Evil May Day - riots broke out in London as a response to an influx of immigrant workers. Eighty years later, a play was written that includes some of these events. The play, called Sir Thomas More, wasn't published or performed at the time, quite possibly because it was censored. This speech from the play is delivered to the rampaging crowd by #ThomasMore, who was sheriff of London at the time. Thomas More asks the #rioters to imagine themselves in the shoes of the #immigrants they're attacking. The manuscript shown in the video is an original version of the speech and was very likely written by William #Shakespeare.'
https://myshakespeare.com/hamlet/the-strangers-case-speech-sir-thomas-more
https://youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?si=BA3MG5gJvof7Caqk
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen performs a speech written by Shakespeare for another playwright's play about Thomas More
Take five minutes and watch this clip of Ian McKellen performing a less-known Shakespearean monologue. It's well worth your time.
(It should start at the right time, but if not, jump forward to 20:07.)
Hype for the Future 49CIN → Cincinnati Metropolitan Area
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Area is the largest metropolitan area associated with the State of Ohio, though not necessarily the largest within Ohio itself (that title is likely more accurate to the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area per the 2020 United States Census). Apart from Ohio, the inner urban area also extends over the Ohio River into the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the south. The outer fringes of the area also extend into the State of Indiana, thus creating a tri-state […]Contrasting work & play, "Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction" by Matthew Leggatt looks at playfulness and labour, boredom & the future of play in literature, films & TV series, from #ThomasMore to #SquidGame
#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies
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