The case of "Blow, blow thou winter winde" - a song by William Shakespeare for As You Like It
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https://doi.org/10.11606/rm.v22i2.204346Keywords:
Shakespeare plays, Scene songs, Thomas Augustine Arne, William Linley, Drury Lane TheaterAbstract
After the death of William Shakespeare in 1616 and the fire of his theater – The Globe, the performances of his plays declined. However, with the opening of the Drury Lane (the theater that inherited the rights of his plays), a revival took place and a new generation of artistic directors, actors, actresses, choreographers, conductors and composers engaged in its production.
We chose one of his comedies – As You Like It – and the song “Blow, blow thou winter winde”, composed by Thomas Augustine Arne, with a refrain by William Linley, to narrate and explain this momentum.
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