The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1418  Tuesday, 13 July 2004

[1]     From:   Pat Dolan <
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        Date:   Monday, 12 Jul 2004 08:20:54 -0500
        Subj:   Re: SHK 15.1414 Most Popular Shakespeare Plays

[2]     From:   Martin Steward <
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        Date:   Monday, 12 Jul 2004 23:30:09 +0100
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From:           Pat Dolan <
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Date:           Monday, 12 Jul 2004 08:20:54 -0500
Subject: 15.1414 Most Popular Shakespeare Plays
Comment:        Re: SHK 15.1414 Most Popular Shakespeare Plays

 >Why is Godot not performed so much in USA?

Here's my swing at it: amateur drama might have a problem with putting
on a play that has no major female roles, given the demographics of U.S.
drama clubs.

Pat

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Date:           Monday, 12 Jul 2004 23:30:09 +0100
Subject: Most Popular Shakespeare Plays
Comment:        SHK 15.1414 Most Popular Shakespeare Plays

Bill Arnold writes about the "Old World" and its "post-WWII fascination
with existentialism as an answer to 'Who am I, why am I here?'", before
contrasting that with America, "a God-fearing nation of willful doers
without a passive bone in our bodies."

I don't know about "God-fearing"... but surely one of the cornerstones
of existentialism, in whatever form, is its characterisation of human
agents as "willful doers"...?

m

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