The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 8.1112. Monday, 3 November 1997.
[1] From: Tim Richards <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject:
Date: Monday, 03 Nov 1997 21:24:10 +0800
Subj: Re: Gay Iago; Gay Merchant
[2] From: Parviz Nourpanah <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 3 Nov 1997 14:36:46 -0800 (PST)
Subj: Re: SHK 8.1107 Re: R3/Iago
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From: Tim Richards <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject:
Date: Monday, 03 Nov 1997 21:24:10 +0800
Subject: Re: Gay Iago; Gay Merchant
Elizabeth Dietz wrote:
>In "Players of Shakespeare," v.2, Roger Allam writes about acting a
>queer Mercutio (a choice echoed in Lehrman's Romeo and Juliet).
People keep saying this, but if you watch Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet'
there's no clear evidence that Mercutio is gay. He dresses up as a
woman for a raucous costume party and has a flamboyant manner... that's
it.
Tim Richards.
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From: Parviz Nourpanah <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 3 Nov 1997 14:36:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 8.1107 Re: R3/Iago
Comment: Re: SHK 8.1107 Re: R3/Iago
Without a doubt, Iago. Iago is purely malevolent, and enjoys destruction
for the sake of it, with no possible gain to himself. Richard III is
more human, I mean, you can sort of sympathise with him, or at least
imagine yourself in his place. If I had been a crooked, ugly hunchback,
overlooked all my life and slighted, also clever and ambitious, I could
not guarantee that I would not act like R. III. But Iago??
