I think Joe Papp opened a lot of doors to Shakespeare for a lot of us.
I remember his "Much Ado About Nothing", set in turn of the century
America, that aired about the same time as the Lear you mention, and
that set my mind afire. As with you, I hadn't given Shakespeare much
consideration
He was a great state actor in the late 70’s he was in a repertory if plays at
BAM, he was the lead in everyone. He was Brutus in Julius Caesar ( R Dreyfuss
was Antony, not very good), Three Sisters, The Play’s the Thing. He was so good.
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On Dec 9, 2019, at 7:00 AM, Mike
