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To compare Shakespeare and his well-educated contemporary Ben Jonson was a popular exercise at this time, a comparison that was invariably complimentary to Shakespeare. It functioned to highlight the special qualities of both writers, and it especially powered the assertion that natural genius trumps rules, that "there is always an appeal open ...
March 2020 saw the UK enter into a nationwide lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. [15] British theatre closures were announced on March 16. [16] Robert Myles, an actor and Shakespeare aficionado [17] who found himself out of work, created The Show Must Go Online in less than a week, [18] in response to the widespread cancellation of jobs and contracts faced by theatrical industry ...
Shakespeare's gift involved using the exuberance of the language and decasyllabic structure in prose and poetry of his plays to reach the masses and the result was "a constant two way exchange between learned and the popular, together producing the unique combination of racy tang and the majestic stateliness that informs the language of ...
William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years ...
It also expanded unemployment assistance in response to the pandemic – dubbed JobKeeper – however it specifically excluded "freelancers and casuals on short-term contracts, or who have worked for a series of employers in the last year". Given arts sector's high reliance on short-term contracts, a large proportion of arts and cultural sector ...
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
Stanley Wells, 2016: "His plays give us the greatest sense of the value of human life; of how people live; of how people love and of the importance of human relationships than any other writers of his time or of any other time. Shakespeare’s plays are as popular as they are because he was perhaps the greatest writer who has ever lived." [10]
Flawed but engrossing, the craft of HBO Max's post-post-apocalyptic tale masks its narrative imperfections: As in the Bard, plot gives way to poetry.