The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.2241 Monday, 11 November 2002
From: Graham Hall <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 08 Nov 2002 18:14:31 +0000
Subject: Words, words, words
An establishment that I patronize for breakfast gives away a free copy
of a particular British tabloid with the bacon. The following catch my
eye in today's copy:
1. A correspondent bemoans the lack of plumbers in Britain. This is
partly due, he claims, to the educational requirements for entry into a
plumbing apprenticeship being too high. "Are customers expecting a few
verses of Shakespeare to be recited while the toilet is being
unblocked?" he fulminates.
2. On the opposite page an advert. "The Shakespeare Bungalows. A housing
development in Norwich. Two plots available at
