{"id":57650,"date":"2020-06-04T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=57650"},"modified":"2020-06-03T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T00:55:37","slug":"performance-plague-and-politics-in-shakespeares-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/performance-plague-and-politics-in-shakespeares-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance, Plague, and Politics in Shakespeare&#8217;s London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7O1mnaUB2M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Atun-Shei Films<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Mar 2020<\/p>\n<p>Help us make the first feature film ever made (that we know of) spoken entirely in Original Pronunciation, the accent of Shakespeare: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Figg.me%2Fat%2Fsudburydevil%2Fx%2F15029872%23%2F&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=Z7O1mnaUB2M&#038;redir_token=YGBmC-HXdG5TX1QQXa8MfyOi3C98MTU5MTMxNjI3N0AxNTkxMjI5ODc3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/sudburydevil\/x\/1502&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Did William Shakespeare write <em>King Lear<\/em> under quarantine? That is the question. In this video I introduce you to the actor&#8217;s process in Elizabethan theater; dive deep into first-hand accounts of the bubonic plague epidemics that Shakespeare lived through; explore the politics of late 16th and early 17th century England, onstage and off; and discuss OP, Original Early Modern English Pronunciation, the accent and dialect in which the Bard&#8217;s plays were originally performed. <\/p>\n<p>The rest is silence.<\/p>\n<p>Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/atunsheifilms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#English #Theater #History<\/p>\n<p>Watch our film <em>ALIEN, BABY!<\/em> free with Prime \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/d\/3QjqOWv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/a.co\/d\/3QjqOWv<\/a><br \/>\nReddit \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/atunsheifilms<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atun_shei\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/atun_shei<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atunsheifilms<\/a><br \/>\nMerch \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/atun-sheifilms.bandcamp.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/atun-sheifilms.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Atun-Shei Films<\/strong><br \/>\n1 month ago<br \/>\nCORRECTION: The Great Vowel Shift was a SEPARATE linguistic trend to the R-dropping in 18th century English. My mistake, sorry! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-04-Performance-Plague-and-Politics-in-Shakespeare\u2019s-London.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atun-Shei Films Published 27 Mar 2020 Help us make the first feature film ever made (that we know of) spoken entirely in Original Pronunciation, the accent of Shakespeare: https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/sudburydevil\/x\/1502&#8230; Did William Shakespeare write King Lear under quarantine? 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