SHAKSPER 1994: Re: Jaques; *Endymion*

From: Hardy M. Cook (hmcook@boe00.minc.umd.edu)
Date: 11/23/94 

Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 947. Wednesday, 23 November 1994.
 
(1)     From:   Don Foster <foster@vaxsar.vassar.edu>
        Date:   Monday, 21 Nov 1994 15:56:47 -0400 (EDT)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 5.0928  Re: a Jaques and Ajax and a jakes
 
(2)     From:   Richard C. Jones III <rjones@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
        Date:   Tuesday, 22 Nov 1994 20:40:43 -0600 (CST)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 5.0931 Performances of *Endymion*
 
 
(1)----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Don Foster <foster@vaxsar.vassar.edu>
Date:           Monday, 21 Nov 1994 15:56:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 5.0928  Re: a Jaques and Ajax and a jakes
Comment:        Re: SHK 5.0928  Re: a Jaques and Ajax and a jakes
 
Shakespeare and his contemporaries pun often on "a Jaques," "Ajax," and "a
jakes" (outhouse), all three being pronounced with a short -a- as in modern
"hat," and all three being spoken with a softer initial J than in modern
English. Which is not to say that it still matters, since the pun is lost
to a modern audience.  Foster.
 
(2)----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Richard C. Jones III <rjones@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Date:           Tuesday, 22 Nov 1994 20:40:43 -0600 (CST)
Subject: 5.0931 Performances of *Endymion*
Comment:        Re: SHK 5.0931 Performances of *Endymion*
 
Please count me among those interested in a performance history of
*Endymion*... indeed of any boy-company plays.  Seems like a project that
someone ought to have done somewhere along the line, but I sure can't think of
anything of the sort.
 
Rick Jones
rjones@falcon.cc.ukans.edu


about SHAKSPER | current postings | submitted papers | browse SHAKSPER | search SHAKSPER
  
Copyright © 2002, Hardy M. Cook, design by Eric Luhrs. All rights reserved.