humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Mar 7, 10:47=A0pm, Tom Reedy wrote:
The best production of AYLI I ever saw cut Jaques' role. It was a
breath of fresh air not to have to endure the ages of man speech and
the following obligatory audience applause.
> > >> TR
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> But you didn't see the production, did you? Of the five AYLI
> productions I've seen, it was by far the liveliest.
> TR


You're just on the eighth stage--grumpy old man.

Jacques is the droll centerpiece we crave.

Yes i hate him too. Mostly because a dork gets to shine.

(Is it possible modern science has cured melancholy and we just don't
respect it anymore?)

But we need Jacques, with his depressing two syllable name, just to
explore the ennui/unness/notness of this existing thing we do.

Jacques stays.

I don't like the idea of kicking out characters. Who's next? The twin
servants in Comedy of Errors? . . .

=2E..ya know, I wouldn't mind them gone.


Greg Reynolds