This is something of a canard. Racine, Corneille, Sophocles, etc., did they
create original stories? In the just past century, how much does the
derivitive nature of La Guerre de Troie N"aura Pas Lieu or The Crucible
bother us?
At 01:00 AM 12/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Arni wrote:
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> > S never concocted a plot of his own, much like Brecht, but his very
>political plotting was reserved for getting produced and getting royal money
>for the productions. Is any of his plots for plays an original?<
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>I think The Tempest is, is it not? No doubt someone more scholarly than me
>can put me right on this.
>
>Best
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>Dave
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Árni Ibsen" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:10 AM
>Subject: Re: forrest gump!
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>on 12/9/02 6:58 PM, paul murphy at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>the man had many words and no stories. The story wasn't the point, none of
>his plays are intrinsically centred around the narrative, Shakespeare could
>have made an epic out of the story of the love of two rats.
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>Hi, Paul,
>
>S never concocted a plot of his own, much like Brecht, but his very
>political plotting was reserved for getting produced and getting royal money
>for the productions. Is any of his plots for plays an original?
>
>Best
>
>Árni
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