In a message dated 8/24/98 4:39:42 PM EST, nausicaa@sprynet.com writes:

 My take on this is simple.  William Shakespeare is held to be one of the
 greatest writers of the English language, but anyone who's studied him (as

I

 have -- twice, at 7 am, too, which is why I had to do it twice, bleah!)
 would probably agree that it's far better to see Shakespeare performed than
 to just read him.  For all his skill, reading a Shakespeare play does not
 have the impact of a well-written prose story -- in my opinion, anyway.

Emphasis on that bit on "far better to see Shakespeare performed than to 
just read him."  I have a little dissertation I'm working on about how great 
it would be if we writers could create a sort of radio-drama or audio-book
recordings of some of the classics; but all I have is a 486/33 with Win3.1
Looks like all I can do for now is bring up the idea, and see what people
think.  I'd love it if some of us could do an ensemble performance (via the
magic of .MP3) of some of the DnR or other classic series...

Itsu mo,
Ucchan  ^_^

(who brought Konatsu to tears by reading "Bitter End" aloud until 3 am 
the other night... that was the clincher, BTW)