The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0560 Thursday, 18 September 2008
From: John W Kennedy <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 22:19:10 -0400
Subject: 19.0549 Original Play, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, PART II
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0549 Original Play, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, PART II
Ros Barber <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
>>Written in blank verse, adhering to the traditional Shakespearean
>>five-act structure, it is executed in the form of what would be a
>>faithful sequel.
>>
>I've looked at the extract of this play, and whilst not wishing to
>rain on another author's parade, it seems to be written in free
>verse rather than blank verse. Some lines fall into iambic
>pentameter but many do not. Nevertheless, it is an interesting and
>bold idea.
It's nothing of the kind; five minutes with Wikipedia could have told him why
Shakespeare didn't write a scene in which Fleance becomes king of Scotland.
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