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Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial(Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)Strange, really, as Havoc is a Viking word and would not have been in use in Julius Caesar's day.
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 08/05/2008 08:06:41“Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial”(Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)Strange, really, as Havoc is a Viking word and would not have been in use in Julius Caesar's day.Shakespeare's plays weren't exactly original. The audience of the Elizibethan Age didn't want original plays, they wanted to see almost exact copies of older plays. there was a play made long before Julius Ceaser called "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet." So maybe the Havoc was used when the play was made, but wasn't updated by Shakespeare.
“Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial”(Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)Strange, really, as Havoc is a Viking word and would not have been in use in Julius Caesar's day.
Quote from: Nobody's Confidant on 08/05/2008 13:10:36Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 08/05/2008 08:06:41Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial(Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)Strange, really, as Havoc is a Viking word and would not have been in use in Julius Caesar's day.Shakespeare's plays weren't exactly original. The audience of the Elizibethan Age didn't want original plays, they wanted to see almost exact copies of older plays. there was a play made long before Julius Ceaser called "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet." So maybe the Havoc was used when the play was made, but wasn't updated by Shakespeare.What proof do you have that Shakespeare didn't update his History plays. Informing the Elizabethans of their historical past as he informed and commented on the contemporary world around him. As do Harold Pinter and Ayckbourn do now.
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 08/05/2008 08:06:41Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial(Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)Strange, really, as Havoc is a Viking word and would not have been in use in Julius Caesar's day.Shakespeare's plays weren't exactly original. The audience of the Elizibethan Age didn't want original plays, they wanted to see almost exact copies of older plays. there was a play made long before Julius Ceaser called "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet." So maybe the Havoc was used when the play was made, but wasn't updated by Shakespeare.
So you would consider it OK if Ayckbourn wrote a play set in the 17th century and included dialog such as "Yo, dude. Wassup?"