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In Oz we no longer cringe but we do acknowledge. This is a multi cultural society, with pockets of Poms, but we keep them in check. They have their soccer clubs and Morris Dancing. Andrew 2008/9/30 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>: > Only because the grant-maintained theatre in this country gives > English luvviedom a permanent home in Shakespeare Heritage Land. And > the globe is sponsored heritage, almost as bad, no it's worse because > it's a damn sight more conservative, if that could be at all possible. > (yeah, I can already see the howla) The rest of us are indoctrinated > to this crap at birth. Oh, look, there's Shakespeare the Genius. Bah, > humbug. Yeah, more like Shakespeare the Patriot. Stand up straight and > shoot the French, son. > > And you there in Oz, stop cringing at the Great White European > Theatre. Get on with something more interesting. > > The Globe. Really, not many are interested in it these days, not many > care. As for the Qabbalistic stuff. Meh. For specialists specialising > in belly-button fluff. > > Roger > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Mind you, Yates is still pretty essential reading if you're interested >> in this stuff. And it doesn't detract from my main point, which is >> that these ideas still play richly in contemporary theatre. >> >> xA >> > > -- > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > "I began to warm and chill > to objects and their fields" > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/