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'Nother intro post...

Hi, I'm Nora, a.k.a. After the Rain and Fretful Porpentine, and I'm a grad student at a Large State University in the U.S. (which will probably not remain very anonymous after I've made a few more posts, but let's pretend, OK?) I'm writing my dissertation on English commoners and communities in the history plays (using a rather expansive definition of "history plays" -- I think Merry Wives is going to end up in there, along with Arden of Feversham and The Shoemaker's Holiday, but I've hit most of the conventional ones too).

I'm also getting ready to teach Edward II to undergrads for the very first time, so any advice on how not to shock them over-much is most welcome.

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My trouble was that the time I watched it was that it was the time when Jerome Flynn (playing Kent) had a hit singing "Unchained Melody" with his Soldier Soldier co-star Robson Green. So it was both somehow amusing and also far more devastating because the actor was someone I associated with silliness. I've also always had a soft spot for Kent. I mean, who wouldn't?

I have to say though, I'm glad that Tilda Swinton's playing the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia...