Word: elizabethan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more than three centuries, most Protestants knew only one English Bible: the King James Version, on which the 1952 R.S.V. was based. Bibles for Catholics and Jews long employed quite similar Elizabethan cadences and wording. But as more and more new translations and revisions jostle for market position, the familiar King James phrases are gradually being obliterated from the common memory bank of the English-speaking peoples. Barring a miracle, it appears there will never again be a single standard English Bible -- and that is a wrenching change for Christendom...
...crux of this work is confused identities and the situations that ensue. Audience members themselves will probably be confused for at least the first 10 minutes of the production. The language of the play is initially disconcerting. It takes a while to get used to the Elizabethan diction, and one may get lost in the opening scene while trying to understand what is being said. But the adjustment to the language comes fairly quickly, and is helped by the lively and very physical nature of the acting...