Love's Labour's Lost - Jeremy Brett - TV - 1975 ua-cam.com/video/7I1uyxQlRSI/v-deo.html Harbage, A., “Love’s Labour’s Lost and the early Shakespeare”, Philological Quarterly, XLI, 1, January 1962 resources.warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/emh81b2457038.pdf Henri IV - The King of France (1589-1610) - The Good King ua-cam.com/video/Q64JqxVY0F8/v-deo.html ///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/Shakespeare_and_the_French_Lens.pdf Giving and Receiving: "Love's Labour's Lost" and the Politics of Exchange MARK THORNTON BURNETT www.jstor.org/stable/43447446?seq=12 The satirical comedy, Love's labour's lost / a study by Eva Turner Clark babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005586832&seq=9 The Elizabethan Court Day by Day--1578 folgerpedia.folger.edu/mediawiki/media/images_pedia_folgerpedia_mw/archive/9/94/20170609165556!ECDbD_1578.pdf The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 #31 in our series by John Lothrop Motley public-library.uk/pdfs/7/153.pdf
Hey Context!! Finally watched this one and WOW. Such excellent digging. But more inportantly very careful and cautious analysis. This is so so so so refreshing for me in contrast with some other SAQ content I've been tuning into. I've been diving into some essays on LLL to compliment this video and hope to bring up some questions and comments from that. Can't wait for Part 2!!!
Thank you, I try to take a fresh approach and go where the evidence leads me. Part 2 is coming along nicely. If you have time read Gabriel Harvey's four letters. I think that Harvey says more than people have realised. I made a nice discovery yesterday linking letter 3 with LLL, I haven't found published elsewhere. I will be off on holiday tomorrow. last minute decision, so I hope that I can finish the content whilst away and record when I get back. I would love to discuss any questions you have.
Wonderful effort to untangle this most complicatedly topical of the Shakespeare Plays. If one were to construct a network mapping of these people, I believe the man in the middle would be Philip Sidney, who appeared in your presentation as a potential husband for a sister of William of Orange, but is actually closely connected to all these players. He was close to Henry of Navarre and godfather to a child of de Mornay, Navarre's ambassador. He was finally knighted in 1584 so he could stand proxy for Casimir's induction as a Knight of the Garter. He was heir to Leicester who also figures prominently, as a potential husband to Mary (he demurred because he was already secretly married to Letice Knowles). When Leicester was out of favor after the Queen learned of the marriage it fell on Philip to become the leading advocate for intervention in the low countries and opponent to the marriage to Alencon, positions which damaged his promising political career. Other than his commentary in Defense of Poesy, Sidney does not appear to have had much interest in writing drama, though he is credited with writing or contributing to several masques for the court during this period. This is the time when he and Spenser were living together at Leicester House in London, surrounded by the Sidney Circle of writers which included Dyer, Harvey, Florio, Davies, Raleigh and others. Leicester was the sponsor of James Burbage's players at the Theater. It was also near the height of Philip's rivalry with Oxford, who had his own group of writers often viewed as rivals to the Sidney group including Lily who figures here. I don't really have a view on what this means for authorship, but it surely reveals something. I suspect you have seen Rima Greenhill's work on allusions in the play to the Muscovy Company and the marriage negotiations with Ivan the Terrible, which adds another dimension of court topicality to the festivities. My general sense is that Shakespeare does not do satire, but likes to pepper the works with caricatures of Court figures (sort of the Disney does Easter Eggs for adults to laugh at children's movies), but LLL may be the exception. I would love to hear how you think the play worked as drama before the court (and on the public stage) when you have completed your analysis Looking forward to part 2.
Thank you for your well informed comment. I will be looking more at the characters on this side of the channel in the next one. I have a feeling that the play was written in 1578 before the author knew about the marriage of Leicester and Lettice. I would love to see a connections map of the relationships, great idea. And yes I didn't have space for the Russians in this one, but they will be making an appearance in the next one, I will check on Rima's work.
Congratulations on another superb video. There is so much to digest that it is impossible for me to comment on all of it except to say you have done a thorough job of setting the play in the context of the events of the 1570s and concerning the court of Navarre. I like that you ended the presentation with an open question to viewers asking who was best poised to know about all of these events. This engages viewers and makes them think a bit about what you have presented and encourages them to do their own research. I believe that is one of the best tactics to use in these videos since it gives them a sense that they are not just listening to a dry lecture (though yours could never be dry) but participating in examining a mystery worthy of their input. As usual, your lively narration makes for good listening. I cannot wait for part 2.
Thank you for your kind comments. I know from watching your presentations that you are aware of the amount of work that goes into making even 15 minutes of presentation. As for the open question, it reflects the end of the play ready for a continuation....
Shakespeare in Context is excellently researched and dense with historical information. It's a pleasure to enjoy these, but you must pay close attention to really follow the copious details. I've had to watch this video many times before I could move on to the 2nd part. The content creator should revisit the audio editing on each of these or just record new scripts. They're too good to have muddled editing with potentially lost text.
Hi, I am glad that you enjoy the videos. I am sorry that the audio gets muddled. It is perfect when I play the final presentation, but then gets a bit messed up when I export it to an MP4 file. I have tried a few different ways to fix this with a little success, if you have any suggestions I would be very grateful. If it was a problem with the original it is easily fixed.
Love's Labour's Lost - Jeremy Brett - TV - 1975 ua-cam.com/video/7I1uyxQlRSI/v-deo.html
Harbage, A., “Love’s Labour’s Lost and the early Shakespeare”, Philological Quarterly, XLI, 1,
January 1962 resources.warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/emh81b2457038.pdf
Henri IV - The King of France (1589-1610) - The Good King ua-cam.com/video/Q64JqxVY0F8/v-deo.html
///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/Shakespeare_and_the_French_Lens.pdf
Giving and Receiving: "Love's Labour's Lost" and the Politics of Exchange
MARK THORNTON BURNETT www.jstor.org/stable/43447446?seq=12
The satirical comedy, Love's labour's lost / a study by Eva Turner Clark babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005586832&seq=9
The Elizabethan Court Day by Day--1578 folgerpedia.folger.edu/mediawiki/media/images_pedia_folgerpedia_mw/archive/9/94/20170609165556!ECDbD_1578.pdf
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 #31 in our series by John Lothrop Motley
public-library.uk/pdfs/7/153.pdf
Hey Context!! Finally watched this one and WOW. Such excellent digging. But more inportantly very careful and cautious analysis. This is so so so so refreshing for me in contrast with some other SAQ content I've been tuning into.
I've been diving into some essays on LLL to compliment this video and hope to bring up some questions and comments from that.
Can't wait for Part 2!!!
Thank you, I try to take a fresh approach and go where the evidence leads me. Part 2 is coming along nicely. If you have time read Gabriel Harvey's four letters. I think that Harvey says more than people have realised. I made a nice discovery yesterday linking letter 3 with LLL, I haven't found published elsewhere. I will be off on holiday tomorrow. last minute decision, so I hope that I can finish the content whilst away and record when I get back.
I would love to discuss any questions you have.
Wonderful effort to untangle this most complicatedly topical of the Shakespeare Plays. If one were to construct a network mapping of these people, I believe the man in the middle would be Philip Sidney, who appeared in your presentation as a potential husband for a sister of William of Orange, but is actually closely connected to all these players. He was close to Henry of Navarre and godfather to a child of de Mornay, Navarre's ambassador. He was finally knighted in 1584 so he could stand proxy for Casimir's induction as a Knight of the Garter. He was heir to Leicester who also figures prominently, as a potential husband to Mary (he demurred because he was already secretly married to Letice Knowles). When Leicester was out of favor after the Queen learned of the marriage it fell on Philip to become the leading advocate for intervention in the low countries and opponent to the marriage to Alencon, positions which damaged his promising political career. Other than his commentary in Defense of Poesy, Sidney does not appear to have had much interest in writing drama, though he is credited with writing or contributing to several masques for the court during this period. This is the time when he and Spenser were living together at Leicester House in London, surrounded by the Sidney Circle of writers which included Dyer, Harvey, Florio, Davies, Raleigh and others. Leicester was the sponsor of James Burbage's players at the Theater. It was also near the height of Philip's rivalry with Oxford, who had his own group of writers often viewed as rivals to the Sidney group including Lily who figures here. I don't really have a view on what this means for authorship, but it surely reveals something.
I suspect you have seen Rima Greenhill's work on allusions in the play to the Muscovy Company and the marriage negotiations with Ivan the Terrible, which adds another dimension of court topicality to the festivities. My general sense is that Shakespeare does not do satire, but likes to pepper the works with caricatures of Court figures (sort of the Disney does Easter Eggs for adults to laugh at children's movies), but LLL may be the exception. I would love to hear how you think the play worked as drama before the court (and on the public stage) when you have completed your analysis Looking forward to part 2.
Thank you for your well informed comment. I will be looking more at the characters on this side of the channel in the next one. I have a feeling that the play was written in 1578 before the author knew about the marriage of Leicester and Lettice. I would love to see a connections map of the relationships, great idea. And yes I didn't have space for the Russians in this one, but they will be making an appearance in the next one, I will check on Rima's work.
Congratulations on another superb video. There is so much to digest that it is impossible for me to comment on all of it except to say you have done a thorough job of setting the play in the context of the events of the 1570s and concerning the court of Navarre. I like that you ended the presentation with an open question to viewers asking who was best poised to know about all of these events. This engages viewers and makes them think a bit about what you have presented and encourages them to do their own research. I believe that is one of the best tactics to use in these videos since it gives them a sense that they are not just listening to a dry lecture (though yours could never be dry) but participating in examining a mystery worthy of their input.
As usual, your lively narration makes for good listening. I cannot wait for part 2.
Thank you for your kind comments. I know from watching your presentations that you are aware of the amount of work that goes into making even 15 minutes of presentation. As for the open question, it reflects the end of the play ready for a continuation....
@@ContextShakespeare1740 And continue you must.
Shakespeare in Context is excellently researched and dense with historical information. It's a pleasure to enjoy these, but you must pay close attention to really follow the copious details. I've had to watch this video many times before I could move on to the 2nd part. The content creator should revisit the audio editing on each of these or just record new scripts. They're too good to have muddled editing with potentially lost text.
Hi, I am glad that you enjoy the videos. I am sorry that the audio gets muddled. It is perfect when I play the final presentation, but then gets a bit messed up when I export it to an MP4 file. I have tried a few different ways to fix this with a little success, if you have any suggestions I would be very grateful. If it was a problem with the original it is easily fixed.