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  • Re: Lear - 'A journey, sir, shortly to go' .... Go where?

    From Audrey Lusk@21:1/5 to hor...@mindspring.com on Tue Sep 28 00:06:42 2021
    On Sunday, 4 June 2000 at 17:00:00 UTC+10, hor...@mindspring.com wrote:
    Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world,
    and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony



    Fascinating stuff, Lads. May I ask, 21 years on, how are you all going on your own personal pilgrimages to your master - no matter who they may be. Do you still enjoy a cheeky Shakespeare perusal, or have you moved onto bigger and better things? Although,
    I know you John well enough to know that there is nothing bigger nor better than Shakespeare - what, with your 25 years knowledge at the time of your post.

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  • From marc hanson@21:1/5 to Audrey Lusk on Fri Oct 15 09:24:33 2021
    On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 3:06:44 AM UTC-4, Audrey Lusk wrote:
    On Sunday, 4 June 2000 at 17:00:00 UTC+10, hor...@mindspring.com wrote:
    Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world,
    and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    Fascinating stuff, Lads. May I ask, 21 years on, how are you all going on your own personal pilgrimages to your master - no matter who they may be. Do you still enjoy a cheeky Shakespeare perusal, or have you moved onto bigger and better things?
    Although, I know you John well enough to know that there is nothing bigger nor better than Shakespeare - what, with your 25 years knowledge at the time of your post..

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  • From Slimeball 4L@21:1/5 to hor...@mindspring.com on Tue Nov 9 12:17:09 2021
    On Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hor...@mindspring.com wrote:
    Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world,
    and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    are you still here 21 years later?

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  • From Margaret@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 10 00:01:50 2021
    On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 20:17:11 UTC, Slimeball 4L wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hor...@mindspring.com wrote:
    Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world,
    and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    are you still here 21 years later?

    Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too.
    My operant powers their functions leave to do.
    And thou shalt live in this fair world behind,
    Honored, beloved, and haply one as kind
    For husband shalt thou...

    If that's how the First Player's writer (or Hamlet?) says "I'm going to die,

    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    is pretty magnificent by comparison.

    But then Shakespeare's audience will be paying attention by now - Claudius may still be canoodling.

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Margaret on Wed Nov 10 17:06:39 2021
    On 11/10/21 3:01 AM, Margaret wrote:
    On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 20:17:11 UTC, Slimeball 4L wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hor...@mindspring.com wrote: >>> Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world,
    and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    are you still here 21 years later?

    Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too.
    My operant powers their functions leave to do.
    And thou shalt live in this fair world behind,
    Honored, beloved, and haply one as kind
    For husband shalt thou...

    If that's how the First Player's writer (or Hamlet?) says "I'm going to die,

    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    is pretty magnificent by comparison.

    But then Shakespeare's audience will be paying attention by now - Claudius may still be canoodling.

    “The Mousetrap” is, quite intentionally, written in an idiom as archaic
    to Claudius and Gertrude as “East Lynne”’s is to us.


    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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  • From Margaret@21:1/5 to john.w....@gmail.com on Wed Nov 10 23:47:30 2021
    On Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 22:06:47 UTC, john.w....@gmail.com wrote:
    On 11/10/21 3:01 AM, Margaret wrote:
    On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 20:17:11 UTC, Slimeball 4L wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hor...@mindspring.com wrote: >>> Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world, >>> and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    are you still here 21 years later?

    Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too.
    My operant powers their functions leave to do.
    And thou shalt live in this fair world behind,
    Honored, beloved, and haply one as kind
    For husband shalt thou...

    If that's how the First Player's writer (or Hamlet?) says "I'm going to die,

    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    is pretty magnificent by comparison.

    But then Shakespeare's audience will be paying attention by now - Claudius may still be canoodling.
    “The Mousetrap” is, quite intentionally, written in an idiom as archaic to Claudius and Gertrude as “East Lynne”’s is to us.


    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

    Indeed.
    Although I once saw East Lynne. It still works.

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Margaret on Fri Nov 12 14:53:31 2021
    On 11/11/21 2:47 AM, Margaret wrote:
    On Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 22:06:47 UTC, john.w....@gmail.com wrote:
    On 11/10/21 3:01 AM, Margaret wrote:
    On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 20:17:11 UTC, Slimeball 4L wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hor...@mindspring.com wrote: >>>>> Kent's master is Lear; the journey is death.
    He is declining joint rule of the kingdom, feeling weary of the world, >>>>> and anticipating death and reunion with Lear.
    "Tony" <t...@lineone.net> wrote:
    What do these lines in King Lear mean?

    I've never been able to work them out....




    Kent
    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    --
    Thanks

    Tony


    are you still here 21 years later?

    Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too.
    My operant powers their functions leave to do.
    And thou shalt live in this fair world behind,
    Honored, beloved, and haply one as kind
    For husband shalt thou...

    If that's how the First Player's writer (or Hamlet?) says "I'm going to die,

    I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;
    My master calls me, I must not say no.

    is pretty magnificent by comparison.

    But then Shakespeare's audience will be paying attention by now - Claudius may still be canoodling.
    “The Mousetrap” is, quite intentionally, written in an idiom as archaic >> to Claudius and Gertrude as “East Lynne”’s is to us.


    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

    Indeed.
    Although I once saw East Lynne. It still works.

    So did I, at the theatre company of the same name.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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