At least 2 people will be interested in this, if they haven't heard yet.

[a_leprechaun]

Shake & Co's Hamlet: The NY Times likes!!

'Who wants a mopey, sniveling Hamlet on a close summer night? Mr. Asprey's Dane, more choleric than melancholy, feels just right for the season of adventure movies and page-turners.' (W00T!)

'. . .not only is Ms. Packer playing Hamlet's mother to her son's Hamlet, but her husband (and Mr. Asprey's

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[adampb]

The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists, Gideon Defoe

Part of me was wondering when this was gonna cross your radar, heh. (I don't know anything about the book itself, but upon reading that it existed and was of significant readership, I figured, "well, HERE's an obvious text-to-reader match." Heh.)

[a_leprechaun]

Yeah. :D It's alright, but it's not really about pirates. The whole thing is just silliness, which is fine, but it's not....piratey.

I'd recommend George Fraser's The Pyrates first.

[lanthiriel]

Okay, so when I saw it again, Tina Packer fell. AGAIN. Same spot, only not on top of someone this time, and this time the only adlibbing was, 'Gertrude?!' 'I'm alright!'

[a_leprechaun]

...that either makes me want to laugh or headdesk, I'm not sure which. XD

I wonder how many times it's happened.

Did they turn down the volume on the cracklies?