{"id":148330,"date":"2020-03-24T06:51:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T06:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=148330"},"modified":"2020-03-24T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T06:51:17","slug":"sir-patrick-stewart-is-reading-soothing-shakespeare-on-twitter-while-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=148330","title":{"rendered":"Sir Patrick Stewart is reading soothing Shakespeare on Twitter while social distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>You might not be able to go to the theatre at the moment due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/coronavirus-social-distancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social distancing<\/a> measures, but that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t still watch famous actors reciting iambic pentameter.<\/p>\n<p>You just need to head over to Sir Patrick Stewart&#8217;s Twitter feed for that.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the legendary stage and screen actor \u2014 who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for over 15 years \u2014 shared a video of himself reciting an old classic: Shakespeare&#8217;s Sonnet 116.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dA92uM4Hr3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dA92uM4Hr3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirPatStew\/status\/1241506250086666241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stewart didn&#8217;t mention why he picked that particular sonnet, although the lyric about love being &#8220;an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken&#8221; seems pretty relevant at the moment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/science\/9526\/still-doubt-coronavirus-concerns-watch-this-doctors-powerful-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Still doubt coronavirus concerns? Watch this doctor&#8217;s powerful speech.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>The video got a solid 9,000+ retweets, and on Sunday night Stewart decided to post a follow-up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. I was delighted by the response to yesterday&#8217;s posting of Shakespeare&#8217;s Sonnet 116, and it has led me to undertake what follows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirPatStew\/status\/1241870850334359552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn&#8217;t much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, &#8220;An apple a day keeps the doctor away.&#8221; How about, \u201cA sonnet a day keeps the doctor away\u201d? So&#8230;here we go: Sonnet 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDoMNhdqcI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kDoMNhdqcI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirPatStew\/status\/1241871592700993536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yep, he&#8217;s started at the beginning, with Sonnet 1. Does this mean we&#8217;ll be getting a Shakespeare sonnet every day for the foreseeable future?<\/p>\n<p>We can only hope&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/9550\/sir-patrick-stewart-is-reading-soothing-shakespeare-on-twitter-while-social-distancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] You might not be able to go to the theatre at the moment due to coronavirus social distancing measures, but that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t still watch famous actors reciting iambic pentameter. You just need to head over to Sir Patrick Stewart&#8217;s Twitter feed for that. On Saturday, the legendary stage and screen actor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148332,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148330\/revisions\/148332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}