The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0084 Wednesday, 1 March 2006
[1] From: Richard Nathan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 18:19:05 +0000
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
[2] From: Bill Gelber <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 15:34:02 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
[3] From: Alan Horn <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006 21:47:47 EST
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
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From: Richard Nathan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 18:19:05 +0000
Subject: 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
Has anyone mentioned "HENRY VIII" (a/k/a "All Is True")? That one
doesn't seem to be performed very often, in my experience.
Richard Nathan
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From: Bill Gelber <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 15:34:02 -0500
Subject: 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
I would guess Henry VIII or Troilus.
Bill Gelber
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From: Alan Horn <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006 21:47:47 EST
Subject: 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0069 Least Performed Play?
My undergraduate Shakespeare professor (quite a well-known name in the
field) told us that in order to save for his retirement the experience
of approaching one of Shakespeare's works for the first time, he had
avoided ever reading, or attending a performance of, King John. He
considered it the one play he would never be professionally obliged to
see or discuss. The idea was that throughout a lifetime of teaching and
scholarship he would always have this fresh take on a little corner of
his area of specialization to look forward to. He added that he'd become
a little paranoid about it and had taken to traveling with a copy, just
in case. I suppose if a plane he was on started going down he wanted to
be able to pull it out and start skimming.
Alan Horn
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