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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0164 Monday, 1 February 1999. [1] From: Jerry Bangham" <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 10:18:29 -0600 Subj: "The Shakespeare Gallery" at the Folger [2] From: Bruce Fenton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 21:04:03 EST Subj: Interesting article [1]----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Bangham" <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 10:18:29 -0600 Subject: "The Shakespeare Gallery" at the Folger There is an interesting story that may be read online at: http://cnn.com/US/9901/30/ComputerizedShakespea.ap/index.html The article about "The Shakespeare Gallery" from CNN refers to an interactive computer exhibit at the Folger. The Folger site may be found at http://www.folger.edu/welcome.htm, but I don't see anything about the new exhibit there. Jerry Bangham [2]------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Fenton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 21:04:03 EST Subject: Interesting article Hello all, I thought you might find the following of interest. Computer Opens Library Treasures c. The Associated Press By CARL HARTMAN WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shakespeare lovers now can use computers to view centuries-old pages from the first published edition of the playwright's works, once restricted to authorized scholars. The Folger Shakespeare Library, one of the world's most important collections, has 79 complete copies of the First Folio, the first complete edition of his plays. But they are more than 375 years old and even scholars need a good reason to touch them or turn the pages. Since Thursday, a new multimedia exhibit called "The Shakespeare Gallery" has enabled tourists to turn at least 13 pages. The exhibit has 240 digitized color images of the Folger's treasures relating to Shakespeare and his times. There is a letter that Queen Elizabeth I-one of his first admirers- written in her own hand to King Henri IV of France. It is not about Shakespeare, but about the possibility of assassination and other dangers to monarchs. The program includes 55 illustrated quotations from Shakespeare, recited as they appear on the screen by well-known actors including Ed Gero and Floyd King. Both are appearing in the Washington Shakespeare Theatre's production of the rarely seen "King John." There also is music of the period, sung by the Folger Consort, a musical group. A pop-up glossary helps users frustrated by the language. The most difficult words appear on the screen in red, with a quick link to the definitions. A user-friendly text asks the viewer "Would you like to hear more about Ben Jonson?" before flooding the screen with text about that poet. He is said to have been a drinking companion of Shakespeare and wrote an admiring poem that can be seen in the First Folio. "The Shakespeare Gallery" is meant to be used by visitors, not scholars. It can be seen by about 40 people at once. Nina Tovish, who designed it, estimates that it would take at least a day to go through all the links. "We thought it would be a raging success if people spent 15 minutes on it," she said in an interview, "but we find that it's hard to tear some people away." The Shakespeare program can be experienced on two terminals in the library's exhibition hall. Parts of the program may one day be reachable through the Folger's Internet site, but Ms. Tovish said relatively few computer buffs now have the equipment to get the full benefit of it. Bruce Fenton www.atlanticifinancial.com
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0163 Monday, 1 February 1999. [1] From: C. David Frankel <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:55:34 -0500 Subj: RE: SHK 10.0153 Re: Spear-treking [2] From: John Savage <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 09:08:12 -0500 Subj: SHK 10.0158 Re: Spear-treking [1]----------------------------------------------------------------- From: C. David Frankel <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:55:34 -0500 Subject: 10.0153 Re: Spear-treking Comment: RE: SHK 10.0153 Re: Spear-treking The connection between Kirk and Moby Dick go back to the original series, I think. I'm not absolutely sure, but I believe Melville and Moby are mentioned in more than one episode. cdf [2]------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Savage <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 09:08:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Spear-treking Comment: SHK 10.0158 Re: Spear-treking >"Make it so" is a command used by commanders in at least >the 18th and 19th century British (and probably other) Navy. And 20th.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0162 Monday, 1 February 1999. [1] From: Carol Barton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:06:30 EST Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [2] From: Marcia Tanner <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:06:40 -0500 Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [3] From: Nancy N. Doherty <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:41:47 EST Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [4] From: Bill Gelber <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 10:43:57 EST Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [5] From: Douglas Chapman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 13:13:03 EST Subj: Re: Jeopardy [6] From: Charles Costello <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 15:59:46 -0500 (EST) Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [7] From: Stephan B. Paragon <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 04:25:59 EST Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [8] From: Marilyn A. Bonomi <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 12:57:43 -0500 Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [9] From: John Savage <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 09:08:28 -0500 Subj: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [10] From: Cynthia M. Sullivan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Sunday, 31 Jan 1999 13:34:02 EST Subj: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question [1]----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Carol Barton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:06:30 EST Subject: 10.0159 Jeopardy Question Comment: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question >I did not switch back fast enough from the Simpson's last night to catch > the final Jeopardy question (answer). I started like: "One reason he is > not buried in Westminster Abbey is the epitaph..." The answer (question) > was "who is William Shakespeare." Did anyone catch the rest of the > question (answer)? Didn't catch it either (NOT because of the Simpsons!), but I would venture to guess that it was ". . . the epitaph 'Blest be the man that spares these stones / and curst be he that moves my bones,'" not exactly the sort of thing you'd want in Westminster. He's buried at Trinity, in Stratford, next to Anne . . . Best, Carol Barton [2]------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marcia Tanner <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:06:40 -0500 Subject: 10.0159 Jeopardy Question Comment: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question I didn't see the Jeopardy show either, but it must be the "Cursed be he who moves these bones" phrase. Marcia [3]------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nancy N. Doherty <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Saturday, 30 Jan 1999 09:41:47 EST Subject: 10.0159 Jeopardy Question Comment: Re: SHK 10.0159 Jeopardy Question Ending was "curs