#76
Posted: 11/17/04 at 8:33pm
LyTeMyCanDyI - Yes Orsino is the Duke of Illyria in Twelfth Night, and does begin the show with "if music be the food of love, play on..."
meagan9848 - I don't know about you, but I have always felt very welcome on this board. I am only 17, but I love to get involved in the discussions, and am happy to be corrected by some of the more knowledgeable minds here. Perhaps this is because I am always willing to learn from them. You claim they are not accepting and encouraging of the new blood, but i ask you, have you ever let them be? Perhaps if you listened more, rather than jump to hasty conclusions, you might find you can learn much off them. I read MargoChanning's post, and found nothing offensive about it. In fact, I was thinking the same thing. I agree that the older generations need to accept what is being created now, but does that give you the right to forget about historical contributions to theatre. Margo simply wanted to bring light to the fact that the majority of the posts contained characters that had been written in the last fifty years, let alone from the past season.
I have learnt more off Margo in the last few months of posting than I knew before I came onto this website. Appreciate the fact that someone is so knowledgeable, and that they are willing to impart what they know. Be careful, because if Margo were ever to stop posting, as with many of the other posters here, this board would be at a great loss.
Don't forget that there are shows like Pal Joey, Babes in Arms, Annie Get Your Gun, Fiorello!, The Glass Menagerie, The Iceman Cometh, The Skin of Our Teeth (one of my personal favourites), Our Town, Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-The-Plow...I could go on forever. These shows are all part of the incredible history of American Theatre, and even if you were not to like them, you can always appreciate them for what they are.
I would like to add Sabina from The Skin of Our Teeth to the list. She is one of my favourite characters.
meagan9848 - I don't know about you, but I have always felt very welcome on this board. I am only 17, but I love to get involved in the discussions, and am happy to be corrected by some of the more knowledgeable minds here. Perhaps this is because I am always willing to learn from them. You claim they are not accepting and encouraging of the new blood, but i ask you, have you ever let them be? Perhaps if you listened more, rather than jump to hasty conclusions, you might find you can learn much off them. I read MargoChanning's post, and found nothing offensive about it. In fact, I was thinking the same thing. I agree that the older generations need to accept what is being created now, but does that give you the right to forget about historical contributions to theatre. Margo simply wanted to bring light to the fact that the majority of the posts contained characters that had been written in the last fifty years, let alone from the past season.
I have learnt more off Margo in the last few months of posting than I knew before I came onto this website. Appreciate the fact that someone is so knowledgeable, and that they are willing to impart what they know. Be careful, because if Margo were ever to stop posting, as with many of the other posters here, this board would be at a great loss.
Don't forget that there are shows like Pal Joey, Babes in Arms, Annie Get Your Gun, Fiorello!, The Glass Menagerie, The Iceman Cometh, The Skin of Our Teeth (one of my personal favourites), Our Town, Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-The-Plow...I could go on forever. These shows are all part of the incredible history of American Theatre, and even if you were not to like them, you can always appreciate them for what they are.
I would like to add Sabina from The Skin of Our Teeth to the list. She is one of my favourite characters.
