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Mike ElyWhen people say Shakespeare isn't relevant to modern life it's good to have people like Sir Ian around to prove them wrong:
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Rasmus Lindegaard@me Beautiful.
I do find some irony in the speech belonging to the character of Sir Thomas Moore, who in real life prosecuted, and saw to the torture and execution of so many, many protestants.
It does not make the case for the stranger invalid, but it is a curios reflection on human empathy.
Alexander Corby 🇵🇷@me Fun Fact I found out just now. This speech was written by Shakespeare but never performed on stage in his lifetime as it was banned by the Queen's censor.
The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉@me @AlexCorby Another fun fact: scholars generally agree that Pericles was likely co-written, with the first two acts attributed to George Wilkins and only the remainder to Shakespeare.
AutistiCritic@me My takeaway from this is you do not piss off Gandalf. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@benjamincox only now figuring this out?
@me Just nice to be reminded. If only everyone took notice. 😁
UddelhexeThis is so moving for it is true still and more relevant than ever.
And Sir McAllen has such a presence and transports and invoces that much emotion, that it had me tearing up listening to him.
This is human art.
This is human heart.
Stuff like this is what we need to hear more often.
Humans like this is who we should listen and look up to.
RichardInSandy@me Brilliant.
Paulo Delgado@me When I saw this yesterday for the first time, it shook me right away. I was not ready for this.
I don't know if I am ready for it now. Too many emotions in such a short time.
Karl Auerbach@me As an aside - Shakespeare's plays are still often performed - there are many good companies who have actors and directors who know how to make the old language and action comprehensible to modern ears and eyes.
Seeing Shakespeare performed, live on stage, is usually better than seeing it on video or film - There is an actor-audience interaction that occurs with live performances that is lost on film.
My own suggestion is that Shakespeare nay-sayers go to any of the many summer festivals.
My favorite company is Santa Cruz Shakespeare.
@karlauerbach as a former resident of Ashland, Oregon I can only agree about seeing Shakespeare performed live.
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@me "And thus I clothe my naked villany in old odd ends, stolen forth from holy writ, and seem a saint when most I play the Devil", meaning "I'm an asshole but I pretend to be a pious Christian" - seems pretty timely as well...
@jwcph @me McKellen played that part too, as Richard III.
What I love about that line is it exemplifies an interesting device of Shakespeare's where he plays with consonants and vowels. Actors that are making sincere, honest invocations were given words heavy with vowel sounds to open their face and make them appear more child-like an innocent. Villains by contrast, were given speeches with more consonants to close the face and seem more sinister.
Why write "To sssseem a ssssaint," when he could have wrote "to appear pious"? Because the first makes you sound like a villainous snake.
@AlexCorby @me "Holy writ" in stead of "scripture" because the former has a sharp, knifelike tone & delivery... Miró said about the lines of his paintings that they should cut like a knife, I'm pretty sure Shakespeare would have said something similar about such a choice of words 😁
This is also why I love the Doctor Who take on The Bard - in that interpretation he is such a unique genius with words that he can literally change worlds, plural, with them 🤯
Matt Blaze@me I'd happily buy tickets to Sir Ian reading the phone book.
MFennVT has moved@me So good.
Amoshias@me I have no doubt that there are people out there who say that Shakespeare is irrelevant to modern life. I cannot imagine there is a single person who says that who has an actual argument to put behind the statement.
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This is amazing.
This is amazing.
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