12 Dec
2006
12 Dec
'06
9:30 p.m.
Rob wrote:
I'm about 95% sure that Shakespeare's material
was in no
way "high art" when it was created.
I think it's in Twelfth Night when one of the players remarks re: the
groundlings (i.e. the cheap seats) :
"Give them a jig or a tale of bawdry, else they sleep."
He knew his audience. :)
Best,
dp