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   Will thou know what wonders strange be in the land that late was found?
   Will thou learn thy life to lead, by divers ways that godly be?
   Will thou of virtue and vice understand the very ground?
   Will thou see this wretched world, how full it is of vanity?

[Vis nova monstra, novo dudum nunc orbe reperto?
   Vivendi varia uis ratione modos?
Vis qui virtutum fontes, vis unde malorum
   Principia? et quantum rebus inane latet?]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, “A Meter of Four Verses in the Utopian Tongue,” “Cornelius Graphey to the Reader” (1516 ed.) [tr. Open Utopia (Duncombe) (2012)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/83122/

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novaTopFlex Mar 2

Hype for the Future 122A: What is “Northern Kentucky?”

Introduction One of perhaps the most confusing regions along the Ohio River in the United States of America is the region in the Commonwealth of Kentucky known as “Northern Kentucky,” whose cultural anchor is out of state in the City of Cincinnati primarily on the Ohio side. Though the Kentucky side was established earlier than the Ohio side, and even the old name “Losantiville” relates to the Licking River, the modern area is centered on the Ohio side, which has technically been […]

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Hype for the Future 122A: What is “Northern Kentucky?”

Introduction One of perhaps the most confusing regions along the Ohio River in the United States of America is the region in the Commonwealth of Kentucky known as “Northern Kentucky,” whose cultura…

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Ebba Hagenberg-Miliu Feb 13

William Shakespeare, Sir Thomas More, 1601:
"... Das ist das Los des Fremden,
und das ist eure gipfelhohe Unmenschlichkeit."
#shakespeare #thomasmore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXq58BbhCO4

Larry McDonough Jazz Feb 7

For my theater friends:
Leave it to Ian McKellen, Shakespeare, and Thomas More, with an assist by Stephen Colbert, to describe the inhumanity behind ICE in Minnesota!
#Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMore #ICEOut #Resist
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9M views · 319K reactions | Leave it to Shakespeare and Ian McKellen to so eloquently speak of man's mountainish inhumanity. #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMore | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Leave it to Shakespeare and Ian McKellen to so eloquently speak of man's mountainish inhumanity. #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMore

JdeBP Feb 6

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.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DceEunnTA3A

#EvilMayDay #London

Ian McKellen performs speech about immigrants by Shakespeare from Thomas More (23/4/2016)

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JdeBP Feb 6

@geppiegep @benroyce

There's also this one that is more recent.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DceEunnTA3A

#IanMcKellen #ThomasMore #Shakespeare

Ian McKellen performs speech about immigrants by Shakespeare from Thomas More (23/4/2016)

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Michael Hanscom Feb 5

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.)

https://youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?t=1207

#IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMore #StephenColbert

"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW

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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 […]

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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…

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FID Anglo-American Culture Nov 28

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