I need help!!
I am desperately trying to find a poem that i think was used in two adverts in the past. One of the adverts was a campaign to keep britain tidy and the other i think was a typhoo tea advert( not so sure about the second one though.
The keep britain tidy ad, was of deserted streets with litter blowing around in the wind with a voice over of the poem along the lines of this great land, this england/britain. i know this is vague but if anyone has any ideas they would be much appriciated. Thanks.
this one ?
This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle...
This precious stone~set in a silver sea...
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
William Shakespeare
That's the one. do you know its title?
it is from Richard II Act II Scene 1,
you can read it here :
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This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm,
Thank you so much. it is very much appriciated
I think someone could get comedy value out of that speech (not in a production of R2, mind you, but in a comedy revue or talent show) by pretending to be TRYING TO REMEMBER THE WORD "ENGLAND."
One guy: This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle...
Other guy: Atlantis?
One guy: This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars...
Other guy: Italy? Germany! No...
One guy: This other Eden, demi-paradise...
Other guy: I've got it! Tahiti! No?
One guy: This fortress built by Nature for herself
. Against infection and the hand of war...
Other guy: Oh, Switzerland!
(and so forth)
One guy: 'This happy breed of men'
Third guy (with slight lisp): 'San Francisco?'
I remember a keep britain tidy poster which showed Ronnie Corbett engulfed in garbage. "Litter isn't much fun when you're five foot one".
Wonderful! Unfortunately however imaginative the ad campaigns, they don't seem to have much impact - unless they do, and if they stopped we'd all be engulfed!
How deep was London due to be buried in cab horse droppings by now? More than six feet?
sorry I can't remember exactly, Linda, it was the general idea of the quote I remember, not the specifics - as a warning against believing too implicitly in unlimited extrapolation.
Sorry pressed the button too early - AGAIN - I meant to add that since losing the horse droppings option, we'll have to rely on global warming to drown him!