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ALCHEMI | 21:41 Thu 29th Jun 2017 | Arts & Literature
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The first words Hector says in Bennetts play are:
Now fades the thunder of the youth of England clearing summer's obligatory hurdles.
Anybody know where it's from? It looks like a mis-quote, a paraphrasing, but I can't find the source!
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Hector in Troilus and Cresida
There is a reference Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Act 5, Sc.4 'These are the youths that thunder at the Globe'. So a bit of a pinch for effect? It works anyway.
I can't find any evidence that this is a direct Shakespeare quote.....its probably Bennett at his best !
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I've read Troilus & Cresida, but couldn't see the reference. So yes, probably Alan strutting his stuff Bard-like!

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