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This week's words:
Brag; Icy; Polite.
This illustration is said to depict one of the old Shakespearean actors on the road, travelling and advertising the plays.
It's About Time!
What a wild red hair!
I don't mean to brag it up
or dance a jig on
your stone ground coffee
(not too bad oh icy one!)
nor on your grave's head.
I mean, after all
that inaugural hoopla
over the beltway
it wouldn't be so
polite of my own damn self
to get all lord-like.
January 23, 2013 12:35 PM
It is said that all of Shakespeare's plays performed at the time at the Globe Theater ended with a jig performed by one of the company or more. It is not clear exactly what dance "jig" meant in the 1600's, at least not in the Shakespearean context, but the dance was light and lively. Apparently these jigs were performed at the end of the tragedies or comedies, just the same. They may have been choreographed to match the play in some lively way and apparently were designed to assist the audience's well being as they departed the theater.
But what would happen if you DID get all lord-like for, say, oh, just the time it takes to dance a jig? :)
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Thanks for asking. I checked with the dance master and she said the sky would rip. Wouldn't want to disturb the firmament, I don't think. This kind of jig requires humility...
DeleteThanks for the information, I believe that in Shakespeare's time they had no actresses only male actors.
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Well, that's something new! Thank you!
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