HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H03044 5/24/03 "MAY 2003 NOTES AND QUERIES"
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From: "Gary Alderson" <Gary.Alderson@btinternet.com>
Subject: A Laodicean in the Internet Age
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 08:29:00 +0100
All this talk of email attachments gives me an idea. An updating of A Laodicean where Dare hacks into George Somerset's POP3 server and emails Paula viruses using the address george.somerset@stancycastle.com ... And using Photo Shop or even Microsoft Photo Editor, he could have come up with something a lot more incriminating than just making Somerset look drunk. Gary Alderson
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From: "Michael Barry" <michaelj.barry@talk21.com>
Subject: Re: ASSESSMENT OF A LAODICEAN
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 00:28:43 +0100
Hi Janine Welcome to this fascinating circle. Betty has already filled you
in on how it works.
I haven't read "The Woodlanders" but did recently complete "Under the
Greenwood Tree" and was bowled over by its subtle irony. It's so full of
wonderful domestic detail and comic timing - certainly my favourite TH so
far (and reminiscent of, but a lot more subtle in style than, the glorious
"Zuleika Dobson" which I adapted for BBC World Radio 10 years ago or so).
Yes, my theatre company tours 5 counties of the south-west (of England), a
good chunk of Wessex in fact - so I named the company The Wessex Actors
Company. We've staged 4 works of Hardy's to date (and of course he is the
"SW writer" we often honour - as a company we are dedicated to the creative
talent of the south-west - other writers amongst the well-known being
Austen, Trollope, Weldon, Christie and Fowles - one day I hope), and it's
about time for another Hardy - hence my enthusiasm at realising "A
Laodicean" is set in Dunster (Stancy) Castle, just down the road from me -
something must be done (dramatically if possible)!
But I would need a title that is accessible to the public - any ideas out
there? For example, when I adapted "On the Western Circuit", I called the
play "Love Letters" - and likewise "A Committee-Man of the Terror" became
"Passion and the Revolutionary". I'm not promoting the literary qualities of
these - simply their more direct appeal to the non-Hardy public.
Sorry about the "funnily" - yes it is English English - as we say it's
"funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha" (ie "strangely"). And "jolly wheeze" is
desperately outdated upper-class slang for a good idea.
Best wishes
Michael B
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From: "Gary Alderson" <Gary.Alderson@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Plagiarism website
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 20:42:04 +0100
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I'm sorry, I know we've had a flippant day or two, but then I found this on what appears to be a plagiarism website. And I thought people might like it. Possibly, "like it" is a bit strong. Be quite alarmed by the idea is probably more pertinent. I suppose it makes sense that, being a cat and dog lover, Hardy would write a book called "Wessex tails". And well I remember, when I was a young man living in Oxford, how we had to drive 100 miles to get to the county council offices. Why would anyone write an essay this bad and then want to share it with the world? If anyone wants to see the whole of this masterpiece, it's at http://www.gotessays.com/essays/1804/. You never know, if you're a teacher, parts of it may turn up in a school essay near you. Gary Alderson "He was born, and lived the best part of his life, near Dorchester, the county town of Dorset and Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxford. To the section of south-west England he gave the fictional name Wessex, called his first book of poetry ÎWessex poetryâ and his first collection of short stories he called ÎWessex tailsâ. He even called his dog ÎWessexâ. " ..... "Itâs a shame he didnât write an autobiography of his life. I am sure it would have been his best seller yet. "
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From: Martin Ray <enl090@abdn.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Britain's favourites
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 12:18:55 +0100 (BST)
Hello everyone:
I thought members might like to know that the BBC have
announced the results of their poll to find our favourite
100 novels. Some 140 thousand people voted, and Hardy has
two novels in the top 100: Far from the Madding Crowd and
Tess. Dickens was the favourite serious writer with five
nominations.
Voting on the top 20 will take place in the autumn. I hear
that some societies (Austen, the Brontes) are shamelessly
planning to rig the poll, since one can vote as often as
one likes, but TTHA could not possibly stoop so low!
If you'd like more details, go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3035775.stm
Best wishes,
Martin
Dr Martin Ray
School of English and Film Studies
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 2UB
Scotland, UK
m.ray@abdn.ac.uk
Editor, Thomas Hardy Journal
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