Lincoln and Booth on Shakespeare
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04-19-2019, 03:05 AM
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04-19-2019, 06:32 AM
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RE: Lincoln and Booth on Shakespeare
Yes-good article. Booth certainly saw himself as Brutus. The quote that Lincoln liked about grief was heartbreaking.
On a side note: Who reads Shakespeare today? Unfortunately not many, I think. In certain institutions of learning Shakespeare classes have been discontinued- “too European-centric.” Heaven help us. Bill Nash |
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04-19-2019, 07:19 AM
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RE: Lincoln and Booth on Shakespeare
(04-19-2019 03:05 AM)Steve Wrote: I thought this was an interesting article: On his visit to Fort Monroe, Lincoln borrowed a copy of Shakespeare’s works from an officer and read it aloud. He read passages from many plays, but the officer recalled one passage most vividly. Lincoln, who was mourning the loss of a son, read one of Constance’s monologues from King John, in which she mourns the loss of her son: “Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me.” "So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch |
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