{"id":4776,"date":"2015-09-10T21:23:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T01:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2021-08-08T15:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:22:20","slug":"ralf-jean-pierre-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"Ralf Jean-Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3225\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4776-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RalfJeanPierre.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RalfJeanPierre.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RalfJeanPierre.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p 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Laurence<\/strong><br><strong>September 10, 2015<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PRECIOUS-GORGEOUS-bk-4a-04.27.15.jpg?resize=695%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7641\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7641\" class=\"wp-image-7641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PRECIOUS-GORGEOUS-bk-4a-04.27.15-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PRECIOUS-GORGEOUS-bk-4a-04.27.15-scaled.jpg?resize=70%2C47&amp;ssl=1 70w, 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