The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0089  Wednesday, 1 March 2006

From: 		William Godshalk <
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Date: 		Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 15:00:11 -0500
Subject: 17.0075 Re-reading Hamlet
Comment: 	Re: SHK 17.0075 Re-reading Hamlet

Plays never speak for themselves. If we humans don't read and/or act the 
plays, they are indeed speechless. They don't tell us what they mean. 
And we must of necessity read plays in the present -- with all our 
present preoccupations. I find it hard to think about Shakespeare's 
Henry V without thinking about our Imperial President.

Bill Godshalk

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