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Shakespeare Killed Five Children?
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On Jeremy Vine this morning they were discussing if artwork, .performances etc of those convicted of certain crimes should be ignored/destroyed etc. They were mainly discussing Rolf Harris& Gary Glitter . the Jeremy piped up 'But what about Shakespeare -He killed five children and no one has stopped reading and performing his plays! Schocked I've tried researching if he did actually kill 5 children but have found nothing..andy ideas? did Jeremy mean in Shakespeares plays five children are killed ( if so that's a pretty lame comparison to Rolf Harris and Co). Or did the great Bard actually commit filicide?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I studied the Bard at (Open) University and did not come across this allegation. Vine's not someone I'd listen to with any degree of belief anyway.
I'm not familiar with all Shakespeare's plays but I guess Vine's five could be Tamora's 2 sons in Titus Andronicus, the 2 Princes in the Tower in Richard III, and MacDuff's son in Macbeth. But of course in Henry V the French murdered all the boys in the English Camp. so it's a lot more than five that Shakespeare's "killed".
I'm not familiar with all Shakespeare's plays but I guess Vine's five could be Tamora's 2 sons in Titus Andronicus, the 2 Princes in the Tower in Richard III, and MacDuff's son in Macbeth. But of course in Henry V the French murdered all the boys in the English Camp. so it's a lot more than five that Shakespeare's "killed".
part of the plan to titus andronicus
Titus has them restrained, cuts their throats and drains their blood into a basin held by Lavinia. Titus morbidly tells Lavinia that he plans to "play the cook", grind the bones of Demetrius and Chiron into powder, and bake their heads.
I did Hannah Arendt and Melvyn Barge
so got a better deal I think
Titus has them restrained, cuts their throats and drains their blood into a basin held by Lavinia. Titus morbidly tells Lavinia that he plans to "play the cook", grind the bones of Demetrius and Chiron into powder, and bake their heads.
I did Hannah Arendt and Melvyn Barge
so got a better deal I think
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