Bad news

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The nature of bad news infects the teller.

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

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Bearer of bad news Bad news

Speaker

Messenger

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Antony and Cleopatra

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1607 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. King's Men, c. 1607, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Antony and Cleopatra." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless

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Bad news

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

Mostly Harmless

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. William Heinemann/Harmony Books, 1992, ch. 1.

Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go,
Comfort's a cripple and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton

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Bad news

Author

Michael Drayton

Source

The Barons' Wars

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1603 1600s 17th century

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Citation

Drayton, Michael. "The Barons' Wars." The Barons' Wars, Nymphidia, and Other Poems. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887.

Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell
Remembered tolling a departing friend.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

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Bearer of bad news Bad news

Speaker

Northumberland

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 2

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

Sophocles

Antigone

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Bearer of bad news Bad news

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Guard

Author

Sophocles

Source

Antigone

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

442 BC 440s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.