On Apr 14, 6:19=A0pm, AndrewJ <ajmil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 14, 6:02=A0pm, ElBob-O <robertjarmstr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "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.
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> > Greasy Joan production of Mac___ also opening in a week or two...
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> > >"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'
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> > >Similarly "Lend me an ear" (song Hey Look Me Over from Wildcat) or
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> > >title Lend an Ear seems to allude to famous Marc Antony quote "Lend
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> > >your ears" from Julius Caesar, although its use is so common it may
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> > >been from other works as well: maybe.
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> > This guy's real decisive.
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> "It's a Hit!" from Merrily We Roll Along has a Hamlet quotation ("A
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There are Shakespeare quotes all over the score to Hair, most notably
in What a Piece of Work Is Man (obviously), but also "Eyes Look Your
Last" and others.
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