Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973

Synopsis
Recording of Senator Sam Ervin (Democrat) at the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, aka Senate Watergate Committee. In a debate with Herbert L. Porter (Nixon’s campaign aide) Ervin evokes Shakespeare’s Henry VIII - it was a wise man named William Shakespeare who wrote a play called Henry VIII, and in that he has one of his characters Cardinal Wolsey say "Had I but served my God with half the zeal/ I served my king he would not in mine old age/ left me naked to mine enemies".
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
12 Jun 1973
Duration
18 mins

Credits

Contributor
Sam Ervin

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Henry VIII
Subjects
Politics & government
Keywords
politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
The series was shown on PBS on Channel 9 beginning October 7 1986.

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Shakespeare, "Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av73164 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)