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Hello and welcome to this Prom's Extra event.

This evening, we are going to be talking about the Sea and Sailors as part of a series examining the various professions that Shakespeare frequently portrayed in his plays.

On this evening's voyage of discovery, I'm joined by the historian John Gallagher

and by a sailor who knows a thing or two about the powers and the wonders of the sea,

Sir Robin Knox Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world

nonstop single-handedly.

Let's start with our favorite sea-related moments in Shakespeare.

Robin, is there one moment in any of the plays which makes you think that Shakespeare really knew what he was talking about when it came to the sea?

Oh, I think so. I think the tempest in the first act, when the ship's been threatened, the boatswain is taking charge

and having a lot of trouble with the gentleman

keep getting in his way.

And you've got an honest man trying to do his job,

and it's very accurate the way it's written.

Shakespeare obviously had knowledge of the sea,

and I love that because there's an honest man

being mucktered about by these

Poppins J's and telling him to basically clear off.

And John, what would that sea mark in Shakespeare's plays be for you?

For me, it has to be the moment in Macbeth on the blasted heath, when the witches are considering

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