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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 ...
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One of Shakespeare's famous tragedies, the story follows Prince Hamlet, who is encouraged by his father's ghost to avenge his death by killing his uncle, the usurper of the throne.
Shakespeare's work is also lauded for its insight into emotion. His themes regarding the human condition make him more acclaimed than any of his contemporaries. Humanism and contact with popular thinking gave vitality to his language. Shakespeare's plays borrowed ideas from popular sources, folk traditions, street pamphlets, and sermons.
An Englishman named William Shakespeare became the first man to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine outside clinical trials in the U.K. The BBC reports that Shakespeare, 81, said he was “pleased ...
It is not clear for which companies Shakespeare wrote his early plays. The title page of the 1594 edition of Titus Andronicus reveals that the play had been acted by three different troupes. [167] After the plagues of 1592–93, Shakespeare's plays were performed by his own company at The Theatre and the Curtain in Shoreditch, north of the ...
This made the pandemic a time of exceptional stress, [1] driving some people to seek peaceful escapism in media and others to consume media concerning fictional pandemics (i.e., zombie apocalypses) in an effort to make sense of the event. [2] Themes include contagion, isolation and loss of control. [3]