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[spyderfyngers]

Ben Jonson, you are being very silly. Your Sad Shepherd is sending me to sleep. I was told to expect great things, Ben Jonson, but by Act II I've had enough of Robin Hood prattling on about deer hunting and witches switching identities with virtuous maidens. Come on, Ben. You can do better than this. Your poetry is hilarious.

I always preferred Marlowe. I mean, look at him:



Doctor Faustus rocked. Watch and learn, Ben.

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Re: "Ooh, pointy thing, Kit - look out! Gah. Too late..."

[spyderfyngers.livejournal.com]

*sporfle!*

He's great. Gay as a tree full of monkeys, too, as my lecturers are all quick to point out.

Re: "Ooh, pointy thing, Kit - look out! Gah. Too late..."

[sensaes.livejournal.com]

Minor Media Factoid: In the '70s, there was an excellent ITV series (written, I think, by John Mortimer of Rumpole fame) called Will Shakespeare, which starred Tim Curry in the titular rôle.

Guess who played Marlowe in it?

Ian McShane!

Anything but gay, I can tell you!

;o)

Re: "Ooh, pointy thing, Kit - look out! Gah. Too late..."

[spyderfyngers.livejournal.com]

Arg, no! Really? He was in Sexy Beast, wasn't he? (I've not seen it.)

I'm hunting for certain semi-obscure 70s TV dramas at the moment. Don't suppose you know any decent sources?

Re: "Ooh, pointy thing, Kit - look out! Gah. Too late..."

[sensaes.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right. He was also Lovejoy, and has returned to prominence more recently Stateside in Deadwood.

http://www.bensons-world.co.uk

Good discounts, too, and postage is free. (The complete boxset of Sapphire and Steel gets my recommendation, and they did have one of my all-time childhood favourites, Children of the Stones going for a fiver or thereabouts recently - it starred a pre-Blake's 7 Gareth Thomas, and Iain Cuthbertson being very jovial up to the point where he turned sinister! I used to rush home from school to catch that one. Great stuff...)