“And in comes Romeo, he’s moaning ‘You belong to me I believe.” The character’s in Dylan’s song are pulled from Shakespeare’s works - HAMLET’s Ophelia and ROMEO AND JULIET’S Romeo. Titus Andronicus Forever Īlthough there are no direct references to our resident playwright in the lyrics of this song, the title, and name of the band are a clear connection to one of his lesser-known tragedies, TITUS ANDRONICUS. He also name-drops Will in the first line of the song - “No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare ’round your throne room floor”. The King Must Die ĭiscussing a person falling out of power, Elton John references multiple Shakespeare works including JULIUS CAESAR (Caesar’s had your troubles) and HAMLET (Widows had to cry). Miss Macbeth Ī modern take on the character of Lady Macbeth - Costello explores the guilt the character must now be experiencing. I’m not Cordelia, I will not be there” 3. And how the singer struggles to find the same forgiveness. Inspired by the character Cordelia in KING LEAR - this song explores the character’s ultimately forgiving nature at the end of the play. It goes on to feature the line “All the world’s indeed a stage and we are merely players.” 2. This song opens with a paraphrased speech from AS YOU LIKE IT. For your listening pleasure in this time of social distancing, we’ve rounded up some of our favorites (in no particular order)! Scroll for a breakdown of the references in each song. icon-zoom light-attention light-cal light-clock light-contact light-info light-play light-price light-venueįrom The Beatles to 2Pac - Shakespeare’s words and characters have made their way into countless songs. icon-youtube-dark_circle icon-youtube-dark_square icon-youtube-outline_circle icon-youtube-outline_square icon-youtube Created with Sketch. icon-play icon-price icon-spotify-dark_circle icon-spotify-dark_square icon-spotify-outline_circle icon-spotify-outline_square icon-spotify icon-spreadsheet icon-twitter-dark_circle icon-twitter-dark_square icon-twitter-outline_circle icon-twitter-outline_square icon-twitter Created with Sketch. icon-htm icon-info icon-instagram-dark_circle icon-instagram-dark_square icon-instagram-outline_circle icon-instagram-outline_square icon-instagram icon-linkedin-dark_circle icon-linkedin-dark_square icon-linkedin-outline_circle icon-linkedin-outline_square icon-linkedin icon-logo icon-logo2 icon-mp3 icon-pinterest-dark_circle icon-pinterest-dark_square icon-pinterest-outline_circle icon-pinterest-outline_square icon-pinterest Created with Sketch. icon-facebook-dark_circle icon-facebook-dark_square icon-facebook-outline_circle icon-facebook-outline_square icon-facebook Created with Sketch. Dark-attention dark-date dark-time dark-contact dark-info dark-play dark-price dark-venue icon-alert icon-arrow-left icon-arrow-right icon-blockquote icon-cal icon-clock icon-contact UI / Full-Part-Volunteer Copy Created with Sketch.
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