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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At 1:23 PM +0200 9/1/04, Rochelle Altman wrote: >Of course Chaucer needs to be "glossed." -- but >not in all the tales. Somehow it seems that the >Miller's Tale gets across without much need for >glossing... gee, I wonder why? Unfortunately >textually, so does Shakespeare (and Dante). >Professional companies can bring the plays to >life for audiences -- and if they are good, they >will illustrate some of the multiple references >for them. Audiences do not need to understand >all references swept along by the movement as >they are, but please do not tell students >struggling to understand the multiplicity of >connotations that he can be *read* as-is... >it just t'aint so. Wandering yet further afield from religion, the Globe Theatre ran what seems to have been a successful experiment this summer with a production of Romeo & Juliet in something approximating its "original" pronunciation: http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/arts/23note.html -- _________________________________________________________ O Chris Laning | <[log in to unmask]> + Davis, California _________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html