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Take Physic, Pomp!
by Charles and Sarah Beauclerk (Independent, 2020)
Shakespeare was not only a poet-playwright; he was a sage who saw deeply into human nature and mankind’s place in the natural order. He both diagnosed the ills of society—and saw beyond them to a healthier, saner world.The purpose of this little book is to reveal Shakespeare as philosopher and all-round apothecary of the soul, whose fund of wisdom is there for all human beings to draw from—indeed cries out to be heard. As the Bard himself said, through the lips of King John:‘Then pause not; for the present time’s so sick,That present med’cine must be minister’d.’This book is both a journey through the wasteland with our greatest artist as guide and inspiration, and an essential tonic to the soul: for in a world made increasingly barren by mankind’s alienation from nature, Shakespeare’s words are like healing streams bubbling up from earth’s depths.