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Jos Vantyler

Frinton Summer Theatre

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The Moon’s My Constant Mistress⁣

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“Published in the book Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries for Tom O’Bedlam.⁣

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“Tom o’ Bedlam” is the title of an anonymous poem in the “mad song” genre, written in the voice of a homeless “Bedlamite”. The poem was probably composed at the beginning of the 17th century. In How to Read and Why Harold Bloom called it “the greatest anonymous lyric in the [English] language.”⁣

The terms “Tom o’ Bedlam” and “Bedlam beggar” were used to describe beggars and vagrants who had or feigned mental illness (see also Abraham-men). Aubrey writes that such a beggar could be identified by “an armilla of tin printed, of about three inches breadth” attached to his left arm. They claimed, or were assumed, to be former inmates of the Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam). It was commonly thought that inmates were released with authority to make their way by begging, though this is probably untrue. If it happened at all, the numbers were small, though there were probably large numbers of mentally ill travellers who turned to begging, but had never been near Bedlam. It was adopted as a technique of begging, or a character. For example, Edgar in King Lear disguises himself as mad “Tom o’ Bedlam”.”⁣

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Source:page facebook du Stratford Festival

ticket ➡️ https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/King-Lear

Hoping to find the play on Stratford@Home or on DVD next year!

King Lear is the story of an aging king, who, in demanding a show of devotion from his three daughters, leaves his kingdom divided, his fami

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26th December 1606, King Lear by William Shakespeare is performed for the first known time at the court of King James I at Whitehall, London on St. Stephen’s Day, the saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Today St. Stephen’s day would be known in Britain as Boxing day. King Lear originates from the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological Celtic king recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century work, the ‘History of the Kings of Britain’. 26th December 1682, birth of the English pirate captain Jack (John) Rackhan, also known as Calico Jack, due to the calico clothing he wore. Calico Jack operated from the Bahamas from 1718-1720, in the last period of the Golden Age of piracy. After serving as a quartermaster on fellow pirate Charles Vane's sloop Ranger in 1718, Rackhman deposed Vane of his captaincy. While in Nassau in 1720 Rackham met and started an affair with Anne Bonny who joined his crew. Aboard Rackham’s ship ‘The Revenge’ also was Mark Read, who it was discovered was Mary Read. Read and Bonny are the only two women known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century. 26th December 1716, birth of English pre Romantic poet Thomas Gray. Despite publishing only 13 poems, Gray was well known during his lifetime, mostly for his poem, ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard’, published in 1751. The poems themes of the contemplation of death and afterlife, foreshadow the Gothic movement, beginning with the first Gothic novel “The Castle of Otranto” (1764), written by his childhood friend Horace Walpole. Gray was a popular influence to the Romantic poets of the succeeding generation, such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Continued #thisweekinhistory #todayinhistory #historypost #kinglear #williamshakespeare #boxingday #calicojack #pirates #piratehistory #piratesofthecaribbean #pirate #gothicpoetry #romanticism #pirateship #pirateships #gothicfiction #gothicromance #charlesbabbage #computerhistory #historytoday #thecastleofotranto #shakespeare #annebonny #goldenageofpiracy #historical #historicalfacts #onthisdayinhistory #historythisweek #gothicnovel #aviationhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJ6jbArlIT/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones, That ebb and flow by the moon.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear

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