On 4/11/2014 6:41 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> that's quite funny Ken but maybe misplaced. The other day I was out walking
> by Leire (reputed source of the river, as in Hie We Then to Leicester's
> capit) and a guy I know who is a mine of local history told me that it was
> now believed by scholars that Lear meant 'mud', as in the muddy river, as
> in the mudcastle, the city by it, as in the tragic history of King (we bow
> our heads to him) Mud.
>
> best
>
> dave
>
That is TOO funny! King Mud? One step up from King Shit. One can only
guess at what Shakespeare knew. Maybe I can work a muddy river into a
rewrite....
ken
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