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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2396  Friday, 19 October 2001

From:           John Ramsay <jramsay@mergetel.com>
Date:           Thursday, 18 Oct 2001 11:50:37 -0400
Subject: 12.2376 Re: "The Scottish Play"
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2376 Re: "The Scottish Play"

I've never watched the show but news accounts say the hostess is vicious
in her remarks.

Not a new phenomenon. There was the Algonquin Circle with Dorothy Parker
in the 1920's. The movie 'Ridicule' is all about cutting remarks in the
French court of Louis XVI.

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