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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
   "John W. Kennedy"  wrote in message   
   news:Cd9Bg.2303$9T2.1101@fe10.lga...   
   > shawn wrote:   
   >> And would utterly fail as a product of television. The problem is that   
   >> while Shakespeare was a tremendous talent his audience was a very   
   >> different one from the mass audience you find viewing television   
   >> today. That kind of prose would turn viewers away in droves.   
   >   
   > Except that Shakespeare /was/ a popular writer, who was looked down upon   
   > by the intellectuals of his day. Indeed, it wasn't until the 19th century   
   > that the general academic opinion finally abandoned altogether the   
   > position that might be summarized as: "Shakespeare: great talent; pity he   
   > was a barbarian who didn't know how to write plays properly."   
   >   
   > Oh, and most of his quotable stuff is verse.   
   >   
      
   That's not what Mark Rylance says at his lectures.   
      
   Ali   
      
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