Shakespeare Predicting
Was Shakespeare predicting our current state with policies and politics? I was working on a horoscope for the future, and I got stuck in a bit of a downward spiral with the history of performance for Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Richard II.
In the historical timeline, and I’m doing this from memory, but I’ll check later, the tetralogy of the Henry history plays, runs Richard II, then 1 Henry IV, followed by 2 Henry IV, then the great Henry V.
In a similar vein, the performance history, has 2 Henry 6, with burgeoning sequel-itis, 1 Henry 6 followed by 3 Henry 6, and all of that, in the earlier seasons. 1591? 1593-4? As a footnote, subsequent “computer” and linguistic analysis suggests that Shakespeare was a co-author on the early Henry 6 play, but maybe not all by him. Helps pad out text books, though.
Back to the history plays about Richard, Henry, and Hal? Looks like Richard II is earlier, while the rest of the plays were a few years later.
Look: either I copied that material from something online or it came out of a textbook. Not fact checked, but the material itself seems to stand and is accepted across several bodies of academic sources. See fineprint for details.
There was, at one point, a revolution, and the aging queen, Queen Elizabeth, there was supposed to be an uprising, and the revolutionaries paid to have a single afternoon show of Shakespeare’s Richard II put on, hoping to spur an uprising.
Shakespeare Predicting
What I was thinking, started in context to a horoscope, but then I found the idea might be worthy of more space, more an exploration rather than a specific point, but at some point, for a single performance, Richard II was revived with the goal of inspiring the masses to revolt.
Historical anecdote is here.
Plot failed spectacularly, but it was a worthy note, and Shakespeare and company didn’t get in trouble for putting on a paid performance that was supposed to support the revolutionaries failed coup attempt.
The current corollaries?
Media, claims, counterclaims, and where the facts might be.
Shakespeare Predicting
There are distinct allegories, corollaries, and prescient understanding, even in the current political climate.
Does stand up to scrutiny.
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