• Next message: Hardy M. Cook: "Two Noble Kinsmen in New York"
• Previous message: Hardy M. Cook: "Mark Rylance is touring the U.S. with an all-male"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ]

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.2047  Wednesday, 22 October 2003

From:           Lauryn Sasso <sasso@theater.umass.edu>
Date:           Tuesday, 21 Oct 2003 09:29:08 -0400
Subject:        "Gibberish" in All's Well

This is my first post to the list.  I am a graduate student at
UMass/Amherst and I am currently working as dramaturg on a production of
"All's Well That Ends Well."  I was looking at the interrogation of
Parolles and noticed that much of the "gibberish" spoken by the soldiers
in this scene seems to have a Latinate overtone.  I was wondering if
anyone could tell me if any of these words were chosen for special
significance.  i.e. Did Shakespeare create a particular gibberish word
that was very like a particular Latin word because of a meaning he
wanted to impart to the scene?  Or is it all truly just
incomprehensible?  If anyone has any info, or knows where I could find
out, it would be *greatly* appreciated!

Thanks,
Lauryn Sasso

_______________________________________________________________
S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List
Hardy M. Cook, editor@shaksper.net
The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net>

DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the
opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the
editor assumes no responsibility for them.

• Next message: Hardy M. Cook: "Two Noble Kinsmen in New York"
• Previous message: Hardy M. Cook: "Mark Rylance is touring the U.S. with an all-male"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ]