SHAKESPEARE AND CABINET CRISIS
"It has been said that no matter what happens, or will happen, there is a reference to it in Shakespeare; so it is hardly to be expected that the bard would have overlooked anything so important as the British Cabinet crisis. Nor has he. "The Prime Minister, as the leadingfigure in the drama, is welcomed in '1 Henry IV.':—'What ho! Chamberlain!' and in the natural older of events may be found in 'Julius Caesar' the exhortation: —'Peace, ho! Hear Antony, most noble Antony!' Passing to the debate, we have the introduction in '2 Henry Vl.': 'By this I shall perceive the Commons' mind.' Of the ! debate itself there is a reassurance in 'Cymbeline': 'We fear not, what can from Italy annoy us?' And of Mr Lloyd George's harangue: 'Good George, be not angry, I know of your purpose.' " —"Northerner," in the "Yorkshire Post."
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIX, Issue 36, 6 May 1938, Page 4
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