Will
William Shakespeare is possibly the best known playwright in the
English language, if not the most watched. I started reading his
plays when at the primary school, and well remember performances of
extracts from A Midsummer's Night's Dream with music played by
my father, and the complete Merchant of Venice when I was about
10, with Dr Yates-Fish as the Merchant. Later I did the same play for
`O'-level, and saw Dustin Hoffman as Shylock. One travels so far, and
moves so little.
jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk
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