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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.1301  Wednesday, 16 December 1998.

[1]     From:   Jeffrey Myers <jmyers@goucher.edu>
        Date:   Monday, 14 Dec 1998 09:16:22 -0500
        Subj:   Peabody; was RE: SHK 9.1293  Re: "Shakespeare in Love"

[2]     From:   Stephanie Cowell <Stephanie_Cowell@mdrc.org>
        Date:   Monday, 14 Dec 1998 11:07:31 -0500
        Subj:   Re: "Shakespeare in Love" and My Novels


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From:           Jeffrey Myers <jmyers@goucher.edu>
Date:           Monday, 14 Dec 1998 09:16:22 -0500
Subject: RE: SHK 9.1293  Re: "Shakespeare in Love"
Comment:        Peabody; was RE: SHK 9.1293  Re: "Shakespeare in Love"

> I find myself irresistibly reminded of the cartoon "Peabody's Improbable
> History" in which Peabody and Sherman journey in the Wayback machine
> just in time to suggest to Shakespeare that he might like not to
> entitle his new play Romeo and Zelda.

My favorite lines:

Bacon: It's Bacon, with eggs! [Throws them in Shakespeare's face.]

Shakespeare: You'll fry for this, Bacon!

Jeff Myers

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From:           Stephanie Cowell <Stephanie_Cowell@mdrc.org>
Date:           Monday, 14 Dec 1998 11:07:31 -0500
Subject:        Re: "Shakespeare in Love" and My Novels

I wanted to thank Richard Nathan for his kind words about my novel "The
Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare." I am hoping Norton will
re-release it now. For those of you who are interested, it's available
through Amazon.com and most other online sellers. My other novel with
Shakespeare as major character "Nicholas Cooke" is out of print, but a
lot of copies are available through http://www.bibliofind.com

Now, to revise my opinion on Ben Afflect. His hot shot, wise guy, no
time for anybody portrayal was probably more Elizabethan than a lot of
the other actors...it was his Americanism which seemed to stick out in
such an English cast. Actually when I see young guys around New York
jiving to headsets, I feel, "Now there's the Elizabethan energy.."
Fiennes I did not find cold, but highly romantic.

What a great thing is the web where one can "print" an opinion on
Tuesday and amend it on Wednesday. By the way, I saw the film in preview
in September and honorably did not breathe a word about it to the list
until it was released, though it took much moral stamina!

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