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[a_t_rain]

So, uh, I'm meant to be writing this dissertation chapter on The Merry Wives of Windsor, only I got kind of distracted by all of the profound questions about this play that have been tragically neglected by the world of literary criticism, such as why there are random German horse thieves in it, whether Evans and Caius ever got around to getting

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[angevin2]

Oh, that's wonderful! I love it. It fits between the cracks of the play (*snerk*) so well, and you have the character voices (frittering of English and all) down perfectly (the fahrt gag is just the sort of thing that one would expect in Shakespearean low comedy, and I loved Sir Hugh's explanation of why he was not disguised as Pistol). And the Evans/Quickly stuff was cute! And I especially liked the conversation about Prince Hal.

Yay for Shakesfic! There should be more of it about. :D

[a_t_rain]

Thank you!

There should be more of it about.

There should, but it's a daunting task trying to get the voices right, and of course I keep expecting my dissertation director to materialize in the room and smite me :)

[angevin2]

and of course I keep expecting my dissertation director to materialize in the room and smite me

HEE. When commodorified and I were working on "With No Less Terror Than the Elements" I spent a lot of time nervously giggling about what my adviser would say if he knew what I was up to. ;)

[tree_and_leaf]

Heh heh. I particulalry liked the pseudo-German song...

[a_t_rain]

That was fun to write :) Actually, all the pseudo-German was fun to write (the fact that I don't speak any real German made it much easier).

[lareinenoire]

I loved everything about this. Pseudo-German (certainly no better than what Shakespeare claims is German or Russian or what have you), truly bad disguises, fart jokes, and fake beards -- not to mention ruminations on the troublesome nature of fake beards, which earns you major bonus points in my eyes. Brilliant!