October
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1876 Wednesday, 4 October 2000. From: Bruce Young <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 03 Oct 2000 17:35:36 -0600 Subject: 11.1843 Leontes Comment: Re: SHK 11.1843 Leontes Elizabeth Williamson asked about a connection between Leontes in The Winter's Tale and a personage of the same name in The Republic. I think there may be a couple of reasons no one has found information on the connection. The character in Plato is named Leontion (at least in the translation I'm using), not Leontes. And he appears in Book IV, not Book III. I doubt Shakespeare had this character in mind, but who knows? Bruce Young
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1875 Wednesday, 4 October 2000. From: Sam Small <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 03 Oct 2000 19:48:26 +0100 Subject: 11.1862 Re: Shakespeare in Schools Comment: Re: SHK 11.1862 Re: Shakespeare in Schools I thank the several people on this list for the support of my proposition that people should wait till 30 to enter into Shakespeare's language domain. I think my objection is, and always will be, the enforced "Christisation" of our favourite poet. Other people on the list seemed to have indoctrinated their children from an early age with the notion that Shakespeare is the greatest and wisest man that ever lived, 'nuff said. I knew some Christian Fellowship people many years ago and once visited the home of one family. They had no TV, talked non-stop about Jesus, prayed several times during my stay, giggled about my agnosticism and had an open Bible on the toilet cistern. I hope there are no such Shakespeare types in this list. Shakespeare is not a divinity and we ardent fans must accept that there are some liberal, intelligent, enlightened souls out there who simply don't like him. And those of you who have laboured with teenagers may I suggest that they more likely responded to you and your valiant efforts rather than the Bard's sometime opaque text. Hamlet's obsessive musings on Death are those of a much older human type, and not those who "are yet strangers in the world". Rowan Akinson has a new history spoof show just out here in England called "Black Adder". One of the TV trails has him meeting the Bard in a corridor. "Are you William Shakespeare?" says Rowan. "Yes, I am," smiles Will. Rowan strikes Will in the face. Will crashes to the floor. Says Rowan, "That's for every schoolboy and schoolgirl for the next 400 years!" But for those of us who vaguely think as I do, we have the last laugh. It was said by an Oxford Shakespearian editor that Hamlet changed western thinking. So in a sense, whether we like him or loathe him we are all in a Hamletian future. SAM
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1874 Wednesday, 4 October 2000. From: David Lindley <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 3 Oct 2000 17:43:17 GMT Subject: Student Essays/Topics Philip Weller's posting raises a question which has often intrigued me - in the UK we customarily set essay topics in the form, say, of a quotation from a critic (real or imagined) with the invitation to discuss it. I have found, over the years, that students on various JYA programmes from the US and Canada almost never answer the question as formulated, but rewrite it into something more generalised. So, for example, a question on colonialism in the Tempest might quote Paul Brown, or Meredith Skura or another influential critic - but the answer I get just puts 'Colonialism in the Tempest' at its head, and refuses the specific 'take' of the critical quotation. Is this just an example of different educational practice? Is this, perhaps, why plagiarism from web sites is a bit more difficult to bring off in the UK? (Though, of course, plagiarism of various kinds is an ever-present and growing problem.) David Lindley
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1873 Wednesday, 4 October 2000. From: Frank Whigham <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 03 Oct 2000 12:07:11 -0500 Subject: "Alarbes" Can anyone identify the Alarbes, a people referred to in the following passage from Puttenham's *Art of English Poesy* (1589)? ===== One praising the Neapolitans for good men at arms, said . . . thus: A proud people and wise and valiant, Fiercely fighting with horses and with barbs: By whose prowess the Roman Prince did daunt, Wild Africans and the lawless Alarbes: The Nubians marching with their armed carts, And slaying afar with venom and with darts. ===== Many thanks, Frank Whigham
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1872 Wednesday, 4 October 2000. From: Sherri Young <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:14:36 -0700 Subject: Romeo & Juliet Opening This Week! Please pass this announcement to family and friends; call (415) 333-1918 for info. The African-American Shakespeare Company presents ROMEO Y JULIET. October 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12, 13, 14, 15 (Thursday through Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday 2:00 p.m.) Your senses will be delighted as we take you to Cuba for the tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet set amongst a Latino and African-American context. This vibrant production incorporates music, salsa dancing, and a capoeira street fight with machetes - a romantic and vibrant delight for your senses. Everett Middle School 450 Church Street (cross at 16th Street) San Francisco, CA Price: Thursday & Sunday $20 Friday - Saturday $23 Tickets by Mail: Fill out and print this form from your computer. Send the information to: Romeo & Juliet Tickets African-American Shakespeare Company 5214-F Diamond Heights Blvd., PMB 923 San Francisco, CA 94131 Qty. of Tickets $Price Day Date Total ___________ x $20 Thursday, 10/5 Preview ___________ x $23 Friday _________ ___________ x $23 Saturday _________ ___________ x $20 Sunday _________ Subtotal $________ Shipping & Handling $1.00 Total $________ Please send my tickets for Romeo & Juliet to (please print or type information): Name ____________________________________________________ Mailing Address_____________________________________________ City_________________________ State_________ Zip_____________ Phone# ( )________________ Alt. # ( )_____________________ e-mail address______________________________________________ For More Information, Sign our Mailing List