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   From: edward.j.rhodes@verizon.net   
      
   "Frank J. Lhota"  wrote in message   
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   > Recenly I saw a film adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (yes, I   
   watch   
   > good movies, too!). It occurred to me that Act 5, Scene 1 has an excellent   
   > example of MSTing, with Theseus, Lysander, and Hippolyta riffing the   
   > play-within-a-play, the romantic tragedy "Pyramus and Thisbe".   
   >   
   > Certainly there must be other examples of MSTing before 1988. Does anyone   
   > know of an example that predates Shakespeare's time?   
      
   I don't know of one that predates Shakespeare, but look at "Fun and Fancy   
   Free" some time. In it, Edger Bergan tries to tell the story of "Mickey and   
   the Beanstalk" while Charlie McCarthy does an excellant Tom Servo   
   impression.   
      
   Edger: Whose castle is this, what will they find behind the door, why is   
   everything so big? (paraphrasing)   
      
   Charlie: Y'know, you could use a little rehearsal on this story.   
      
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