"line 270 of ""Julius Caesar"" (1599), by William Shakespeare: ""Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war"". Forsyth draws upon his journalistic experiences in reporting the 1970 Biafran War between Biafra and Nigeria; though fictional, the African 'Republic of Zangaro', is based upon Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony. The novel's dedication to five men named Giorgio, Christian, Schlee, Big Marc and Black Johnny and ""the others in the unmarked graves"" concludes: ""at least we tried""—and clearly alludes to Forsyth's time in Biafra; the dark tone and cynical plot of the story stem from the same source. 1970: The"
"The Dogs of War (novel) The Dogs of War (1974) is a war novel by Frederick Forsyth featuring a small group of European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro. An eponymous film was released in 1980, based upon the novel and directed by John Irvin. The movie was filmed on location in Belize. The mercenary protagonists, like the protagonist in the author's earlier novel ""The Day of the Jackal"" (1971), are professional killers—ruthless, violent men, heroic only in the loosest sense of the word. Thus, they are anti-heroes."
"by Shakespeare, where the line is in Act 3 Scene 1. There are several other episodes named after Shakespeare lines, and there are quotes from Hamlet in the 1990 film """". Another ""Deep Space Nine"" episode with a title from Shakespeare is ""Dogs of War"" which comes from Julias Caeser. John Colicos (who plays the character Kor) has reprised his role as a Klingon alien multiple times in the Star Trek franchise. He was first cast as Klingon, in the first Star Trek show to include them ""Errand of Mercy"" in the hit 1960s television show, and as the same"
"title ""The Wars of the Roses"", at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The first play (entitled simply ""Henry VI"") featured a much shortened version of ""1 Henry VI"" and half of ""2 Henry VI"" (up to the death of Beaufort). The second play (entitled ""Edward IV"") featured the second half of ""2 Henry VI"" and a shortened version of ""3 Henry VI"", which was followed by a shortened version of ""Richard III"" as the third play. In all, 1,450 lines written by Barton were added to 6,000 lines of original Shakespearean material, with a total of 12,350 lines removed. The production"
"the novel ""The Day of the Jackal"" by Frederick Forsyth, and its film adaptation. The story deals primarily with a fictional assassination plot against De Gaulle, where the organisation hires a British contract killer (the Jackal) to kill De Gaulle. Bastien-Thiry and the Petit-Clamart plot figure prominently in the early sections of the story. Forsyth also mentions the OAS in ""The Dogs of War"", with several of its protagonists having joined the movement. The fictional Colonel Rodin from ""Jackal"" is also alluded to. The OAS also featured prominently in Jack Higgins' ""Wrath of the Lion"", in which the organization fictionally"
"Initially introduced as simply killers, as the novel progresses they are gradually shown to adhere to a relatively moral mercenary code; however as the mercenary leader Shannon tries to explain at one point, it is difficult for civilians to understand this. The story details a geologist's mineral discovery, and the preparations for the attack: soldier recruitment, training, reconnaissance, and the logistics of the ""coup d'état"" (buying weapons, transport, payment). Like most of Forsyth's work, the novel is more about the protagonists' occupational tradecraft than their characters. The source of the title, ""The Dogs of War"", is Act III, scene 1,"
"the war"" drifting towards disaster. Shaw named Shakespeare (""King Lear"") and Chekhov (""The Cherry Orchard"") as important influences on the piece, and critics have found elements drawing on Congreve (""The Way of the World"") and Ibsen (""The Master Builder""). The short plays range from genial historical drama in ""The Dark Lady of the Sonnets"" and ""Great Catherine"" (1910 and 1913) to a study of polygamy in ""Overruled""; three satirical works about the war (""The Inca of Perusalem"", ""O'Flaherty V.C."" and ""Augustus Does His Bit"", 1915–16); a piece that Shaw called ""utter nonsense"" (""The Music Cure"", 1914) and a brief sketch"
"Ungoliant and all her progeny (which includes Shelob of ""The Lord of the Rings""). A plethora of Shakespearian quotes and misquotes peppers ""Babylon 5"" dialogue, Macbeth being a notable favorite. ""Hamlet"" is also a popular source; the season 5 episode ""The Paragon of Animals"" takes its name from the play. ""The Quality of Mercy (Babylon 5)"" takes its name from a quote from the beginning of Portia's oration in Shakespeare's ""Merchant of Venice"", Act IV, scene one. Two episodes highlight the influence of the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The Battle of the Line"
"were passing through Frederick. This event is the subject of the 1864 poem: Her name was ""Barbara Hauer Frietchie"" Barbara Frietchie Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem ""Barbara Frietchie"" (based on a real person: Barbara Fritchie). Fitch takes a good bit of artistic liberty and intertwines her story with that of his own grandparents' love story, which also takes place during the Civil War. Barbara Stanwyck took her film name from the name of the play, and a British actress named Joan"
"war. ""Love's Labour's Lost"" was set at the beginning of the war in 1914, with ""Love Labour's Won"" set at its end in 1918, with the male characters returning home after the final victory. It was featured as a plot device in the 1948 novel ""Love Lies Bleeding"" by Edmund Crispin, in which the discovery of a copy of the play triggers a series of murders. The writing of the play is a major plot point in the 2007 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""The Shakespeare Code"", in which lines from the play, when spoken, will liberate a hostile alien species from"
"play is based on various accounts of the semi-legendary Brythonic figure Leir of Britain, whose name has been linked by some scholars to the Brythonic god Lir/Llŷr, though in actuality the names are not etymologically related. Shakespeare's most important source is probably the second edition of ""The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande"" by Raphael Holinshed, published in 1587. Holinshed himself found the story in the earlier ""Historia Regum Britanniae"" by Geoffrey of Monmouth, which was written in the 12th century. Edmund Spenser's ""The Faerie Queene"", published 1590, also contains a character named Cordelia, who also dies from hanging, as"
"World War. The suggestion to call it ""The Mousetrap"" came from Christie's son-in-law, Anthony Hicks. In Shakespeare's play ""Hamlet"", ""The Mousetrap"" is Hamlet's answer to Claudius's inquiry about the name of the play whose prologue and first scene the court has just observed (III, ii). The play is actually ""The Murder of Gonzago"", but Hamlet answers metaphorically, since ""the play's the thing"" in which he intends to ""catch the conscience of the king."" ""Three Blind Mice"" or its tune is heard a few times during the play. The play's longevity has ensured its popularity with tourists from around the world."
"of England, which Shakespeare had previously brought to the stage in a trilogy of plays: ""Henry VI Part 1"", ""Henry VI Part 2"", and ""Henry VI Part 3"". As in many of Shakespeare's history and tragedy plays, a number of minor comic characters appear, contrasting with and sometimes commenting on the main plot. In this case, they are mostly common soldiers in Henry's army, and they include Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph from the ""Henry IV"" plays. The army also includes a Scot, an Irishman, and an Englishman, and Fluellen, a comically stereotyped Welsh soldier whose name is phonetically close to"
"famous example of this being Shakespeare's use of Greene's ""Pandosto"" (1588) for his ""The Winter's Tale"". Set in Sicily, the play centres on the rule of a fictional king named Gonzago. At the start of the play, Gonzago's army has just won a major victory over an unspecified foreign enemy. The victory, however, was nearly a defeat: the outcome of the battle was turned when the Sicilian general Sforza personally rescued Gonzago from the enemy forces that were about to overwhelm him. The celebrations of the victory dwell on Sforza's courage and prowess — to a degree that offends the"
"""The Tigress"" by Ramsey Morris; ""The Long Strike"" by Dion Boucicault; Lester Wallack's ""Rosedale""; another Boucicault play, ""The Streets of New York"", with Grismer and Davies playing the principal roles, Tom Badger and Alida Bloodgood; ""Enoch Arden"", from the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; ""The Wages of Sin"", a morality story by Frank Harvey Sr.; and ""The Calthorpe Case"", a melodrama by Arthur Goodrich. In 1893 Grismer and Davies began what would turn out to be a long tour of the major cities of the Eastern United States as Captain Harry Ford and Georgia Gwynne in his original play, ""The"
"Barbara Frietchie Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem ""Barbara Frietchie"" (based on a real person: Barbara Fritchie). Fitch takes a good bit of artistic liberty and intertwines her story with that of his own grandparents' love story, which also takes place during the Civil War. Barbara Stanwyck took her film name from the name of the play, and a British actress named Joan Stanwyck who starred in one of the play's productions, perhaps in London. An illustrated version of the poem is"
"dealers were the most frightening people he had ever met; the mercenaries Mike Hoare, Bob Denard, ""Black Jack"" Schramme and Rolf Steiner are all name-checked in the novel. In Ken Connor's book ""How to Stage a Military Coup"", the author praises ""The Dogs of War"" as a textbook for mercenaries; in much the same way that ""The Day of the Jackal"" is appreciated as a guide for assassins. The Dogs of War (novel) The Dogs of War (1974) is a war novel by Frederick Forsyth featuring a small group of European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose"
"than his own original theatre, the Rose, which must have appeared dated and out of style in comparison. In 1597, the Swan housed the acting company Pembroke's Men. Actors Richard Jones, Thomas Downtown, and leader Edward Alleyn joined the troupe after leaving their positions in Lord Admirals Men at the rival playhouse The Rose. In 1597 Pembroke's Men staged the infamous play ""The Isle of Dogs"", by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson, the content of which gave offence, most likely for its ""satirical"" nature on the attack of some people high in authority. Jonson was imprisoned, along with Gabriel Spenser,"
"before. ""Every Man Out of His Humour"" includes several references to Shakespeare and his contemporaneous works: a mention of Justice Silence from ""Henry IV, Part 2""—""this is a kinsman to Justice Silence"" (V,ii) and two allusions to ""Julius Caesar"", which help to date that play to 1599. ""Et tu, Brute"" occurs in V,iv of ""Every Man Out;"" in III,i appears ""reason long since is fled to animals,"" a paraphrase of Shakespeare's line ""O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts"" in ""Julius Caesar,"" III,ii,104. Paul's walk Every Man out of His Humour Every Man out of His Humour is a"
"the July injunction. Andrew Gurr adds to this picture by noting the tendency of the Court to license two chief companies throughout the later Elizabethan and early Stuart periods. The image of ""The Isle of Dogs"" conjured up a society ruined by envy, and Nashe also refers to Sirius the dog star in ""Summer's Last Will and Testament"" in relation to the dog days of July. Richard Lichfield was to taunt Nashe with this in his ""The Trimming of Thomas Nash gentleman"". The Isle of Dogs (play) The Isle of Dogs is a play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson"
"War of the Theatres The War of the Theatres is the name commonly applied to a controversy from the later Elizabethan theatre; Thomas Dekker termed it the ""Poetomachia"". Because of an actual ban on satire in prose and verse publications in 1599 (the Bishops' Ban of 1599), the satirical urge had no other remaining outlet than the stage. The resulting controversy, which unfolded between 1599 and 1602, involved the playwright Ben Jonson on one side and his rivals John Marston and Thomas Dekker (with Thomas Middleton as an ancillary combatant) on the other. The role Shakespeare played in the conflict,"
"and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays. ""Of the King's Party"" ""Of the Duke of York's Party"" ""The French"" ""Others"" The play begins where ""2 Henry VI"" left off, with the victorious Yorkists (York, Edward, Richard, Warwick, Montague [i.e. Salisbury] and Norfolk) pursuing Henry and Margaret from the battlefield in the wake of the First Battle of St Albans. Upon reaching the parliamentary chambers in London, York seats himself in the throne, and a confrontation ensues between his supporters and Henry's. Threatened with violence by Warwick, who has brought part of"
"role of Peter is enlarged, and played by Andy Devine as a faint-hearted bully. He speaks lines which Shakespeare gave to other Capulet servants, making him the instigator of the opening brawl. The film includes two songs drawn from other plays by Shakespeare: ""Come Away Death"" from ""Twelfth Night"" and ""Honour, Riches, Marriage, Blessing"" from ""The Tempest"". Clusters of images are used to define the central characters: Romeo is first sighted leaning against a ruined building in an arcadian scene, complete with a pipe-playing shepherd and his dog; the livelier Juliet is associated with Capulet's formal garden, with its decorative"
"starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Sophie Okonedo and Tom Sturridge. The plays were produced in 2015 by the same team that made the first series of films but were directed by the former artistic director of Royal Court Theatre and Olivier Award winner, Dominic Cooke. They are based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: ""Henry VI, Part 1"", ""Henry VI, Part 2"", ""Henry VI, Part 3"" and ""Richard III"". The adaptation presents ""Henry VI"" in two parts, incorporating all three ""Henry VI"" plays. Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Leading Actor and ""The Wars of"
"adaptations. John Fawcett, manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, applied on September 17, 1814 for a license to present a two-act adaptation by William Barrymore, originally titled Murder Will Out with the alternate and more commonly used title The Dog of Montargis, or, The Forest of Bondy. The first performance was September 30. Other adaptations followed, including an 1816 three-act version attributed to Sir Henry Bishop, and a two-act version by Thomas Dibdin. Versions were performed at many playhouses in London and in the United States throughout the nineteenth century. A German translation by Ignaz Franz Castelli, with music"
"evidence suggests that Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham may have been the target. The Isle of Dogs is a location in London on the opposite bank of the Thames to Greenwich, home of a royal palace, Placentia, where indeed the Privy Council met. It was also believed to be where the queen kennelled her dogs, hence the name. David Riggs suggests that the satire might have been related to portrayal of the queen's councillors as lapdogs. However, the title alone does not indicate the play's content, since this area was also known as an unhealthy swamp where river sewage would"
"and prompting a small Broadway success and a national tour. Other notable productions of the 20th century that follow this trend of relocating Shakespeare's plays are H.K. Ayliff's ""Macbeth"" of 1928 set on the battlefields of World War I, Welles' ""Julius Caesar"" of 1937 based on the Nazi rallies at Nuremberg, and Thacker's ""Coriolanus"" of 1994 costumed in the manner of the French Revolution. In 1978, a deconstructive version of ""The Taming of the Shrew"" was performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The main character walked through the audience toward the stage, acting drunk and shouting sexist comments before he"
"of Dogs"" was the title of an early play by Ben Jonson and Thomas Nashe, briefly performed in 1597 and then thoroughly suppressed as slanderous. T.S. Eliot's ""The Waste Land"" contains the lines ""The barges wash / Drifting logs / Down Greenwich reach / Past the Isle of Dogs."" In modern times the Isle of Dogs has provided locations for many blockbuster films, including the opening scenes of the James Bond film ""The World Is Not Enough"", and more recently ""Batman Begins"", ""The Constant Gardener"", ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", and ""Love Actually"". The Isle of Dogs"
"Shakespeare may even have seen them himself. Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker wrote in one of his plays published in ""The Gull's Horn-book"" (1609): It has been suggested that the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the playing company that Shakespeare worked for as an actor and playwright for most of his career, named their playing space the Globe Theatre, built in 1599, as a response to the growing enthusiasm for terrestrial and celestial globes stimulated by those of Molyneux. In ""Twelfth Night"" (1600–1601), Shakespeare alluded to the Wright–Molyneux Map when Maria says of Malvolio: ""He does smile his face into more lynes, than"
"by Ben Jonson; N-Town ""Assumption of the Virgin""; Towneley ""Last Judgment"" 1973 ""A Re-enactment of the Coronation and the Mass of Henry V""; York ""Baptism"", ""Temptation""; N-Town ""Women Taken in Adultery, Colifizacio, Scourging, Crucifixion""; ""The Franklin's Tale, The Washtub"" 1974 ""Fulgens and Lucrece""; Towneley ""The Talents"", ""The Resurrection""; ""Officium in Nocte Resurrectionis"", ""Music at the Time of Petrarch""; ""Pierre Pathelin""; Towneley ""Secunda Pastorum"", York ""Herod Plays"" 1975 ""Magnyfycence"" by John Skelton; ""The Sport of the Friar, The Sport of the Drunken Monk"" by King Mahendra; ""Arden of Faversham"" 1976 ""Sampson Dux Fortissime""; Bassingham ""Mummer's Play""; ""The Dance of Death"" by"
"the play ""The Isle of Dogs"" with Thomas Nashe, possibly his earliest work. The text of the play does not survive. He was eventually released without charge. The ""seditious"" play in the film is referred to by the name ""Every Man"". Jonson did write plays called ""Every Man in his Humour"" and ""Every Man out of His Humour"". The fragments of dialogue we hear are from the latter. Neither were ever deemed seditious. The death of Christopher Marlowe plays a small but significant role in the storyline. Marlowe is portrayed alive in 1598, while in fact he died in 1593."
"a play by William Shakespeare, while some are named after characters from ""Robinson Crusoe"", ""Moby Dick"" and others after general nautical or island-based literature. The name of Beatrice, Snicket's dedicatee, may be an allusion to the poem ""La Beatrice"" by Charles Baudelaire. The poem references an ""actor without a job,"" like the actor Count Olaf. The poem also begins with the line ""In a burnt, ash-grey land without vegetation,"" similar to the Baudelaire mansion burning down at the beginning of the series. The name Beatrice could also be an allusion to Italian poet Dante. Dante dedicated all of his works"
"to dramas of the period that relate to a royal succession. Plays mentioned in this way include, among other works by Shakespeare, ""Hamlet""; ""Henry V""; ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" through allegory and the figure of Titania; and ""Richard II"" as an atypical case. Another, later play that might be read in this way is ""Perkin Warbeck"" (1634) by John Ford. The poet Michael Drayton alluded to the succession in ""Englands Heroicall Epistles"" (1597), in a way now seen as heavy-handed dabbling in politics. In it, imaginary letters in couplets are exchanged by paired historical characters. Hopkins sees the work as"