032 | Voice | Reciting

[gm_kragok]

What a fascinating play. I am grateful to whomever brought this to me.

Comments

[nocturncoat]

Y'know, I don't think I've ever seen that one done... Then again, I don't usually go to a lot of plays.

[gm_kragok]

I have never heard of this play before now, but this Antony character is fascinating.

[nocturncoat]

Prob'ly because it's from Earth. Pretty famous there - especially that speech.

[gm_kragok]

This planet, then?

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[dualfaced]

Not bad- I'm guessing you got some of the bard for this mass gifting. That's one of the better soliloquies at least.

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[gm_kragok]

This was written by a bard? No real surprise there, I suppose.

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[dualfaced]

William Shakespeare - if you liked that you should try 'Othello' or 'Hamlet.'

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[gm_kragok]

I will... look into it. Thank you.

[charlie_hotel]

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, isn't it? He's regarded as one of the best writers in the English language in my world. His works were over nine hundred years old by the time I was drafted here... and they still never failed to amaze.

[gm_kragok]

Nine hundred years... even my grandfather's history and ascension, four centuries past, seems ancient, and was forgotten by many. How powerful must these words be in your world, to remain so strong after nearly a millennium?

[charlie_hotel]

He was a writer that got the spotlight in the best epoch he could have: Our world was experiencing an Intellectual Renaissance, and the printing press had just been invented. Add to that the fame he accomplished and the copies that persisted over the years, and you've got a bard whose works remain in memory for a long time.

My personal favourite is Henry V's speech of Saint Crispin's day.

[gm_kragok]

I have not heard of his work beyond this, I am afraid.