On Apr 14, 6:02=A0pm, ElBob-O <robertjarmstr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Sound and fury" from Mac____ in Guido's song from the Kopit-Yeston
> musical Nine. Great production of Nine running here in Chi at
> ****chlight, although show itself is cold and unmoving.
>
> Greasy Joan production of Mac___ also opening in a week or two...
>
> Robert Armstrong wrote
>
> >"Hey, nonny nonny" in song Fit as a Fiddle (George White's Music Hall
> >Varieties; movie Singin' in the Rain) appears to be from Shakespeare
> >song lyric Sigh No More, Ladies in his comedy Much Ado About Nothing,
> >although it might be argued that it's a generic refrain used (I'm
> >supposing) in other Elizabethan-period songs and poems -- much like
> >"Hark!" As Shakespeare scholar Andy Griffith noted, "They said 'Hark' a
> >lot."
> >Similarly "Lend me an ear" (song Hey Look Me Over from Wildcat) or show
> >title Lend an Ear seems to allude to famous Marc Antony quote "Lend me
> >your ears" from Julius Caesar, although its use is so common it may
have
> >been from other works as well: maybe.
>
> This guy's real decisive.
"It's a Hit!" from Merrily We Roll Along has a Hamlet quotation ("A
palpable hit")...
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