WHAT
YOU MISSED
Shakespeare was the theme. Mike reminded us of the trouble Shakespeare nearly got into in 1601, when those conspiring with the Earl of Essex to depose Queen Elizabeth ordered a performance of Richard II as an appropriate propaganda preparation on the Saturday before [they paid 40/- for it, since the players said it was too old a play to get a good house].
Then Raph told the original story of Amleth from Saxo Grammaticus, which you can read here http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/amleth.html
After that, Maddie told King Thrushbeard [Grimm52http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/…/gri…/52thrushbeard.html] which greatly resembles The Taming of the Shrew. Steve Tonkin, who can only attend when the nights are light [otherwise he has to be doing astronomy] told us the original version of Pyramus and Thisbe [with an astronomical connection, Thisbe's veil in the constellation Leo] Read it here:
Shakespeare was the theme. Mike reminded us of the trouble Shakespeare nearly got into in 1601, when those conspiring with the Earl of Essex to depose Queen Elizabeth ordered a performance of Richard II as an appropriate propaganda preparation on the Saturday before [they paid 40/- for it, since the players said it was too old a play to get a good house].
Then Raph told the original story of Amleth from Saxo Grammaticus, which you can read here http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/amleth.html
After that, Maddie told King Thrushbeard [Grimm52http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/…/gri…/52thrushbeard.html] which greatly resembles The Taming of the Shrew. Steve Tonkin, who can only attend when the nights are light [otherwise he has to be doing astronomy] told us the original version of Pyramus and Thisbe [with an astronomical connection, Thisbe's veil in the constellation Leo] Read it here:
http://highmail.highlands.k12.fl.us/…/Pyramus%20and%20Thisb…
Finally, Mike told the tale of Cymbeline and his daughter Imogen... long, and complicated!
Finally, Mike told the tale of Cymbeline and his daughter Imogen... long, and complicated!
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