Victor Hugo, my favorite.
Mary Collins 646-554-3076 [email protected] On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably helped WS to have Victor Hugo as a translator. > > Mike > > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM Mary Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> He is also observing one of the rules of Classical Tragedy, so >> beloved of the French, which is to tell not show, especially concerning >> anything violent. Former French major, moi, learned at UT that the French >> generally abhorred Shakespeare until the Romantic period. Maggie, am I >> speaking la vérité? The idea of Macbeth brandishing that bloody knife or >> the terrible torture of Gloucester in Lear was considered barbaric. (And >> mixing clowns and the tragic was simply incomprehensible.) >> >> They have relaxed about it and embrace M. Shakespeare now. >> >> Marie >> >> Mary Collins >> 646-554-3076 >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My favorite instance: >>> >>> "I killed the slave that was a-hanging thee." >>> "'Tis true, my lord, he did." >>> >>> Love to all, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM David Sharpe <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> [image: theater device.jpeg] >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Winedale-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Winedale-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >>
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