[Jerome Betts]

Food for thought?

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...terary-success

[Douglas G. Brown]

This is a ray of hope for the D&A crew.

[Charlie Southerland]

Time to sharpen the anapestic knife.

[Brian Allgar]

Well, blimey! You mean there is cash
In these verses I thoughtlessly dash
Off? Though some are quite clean,
They are mostly obscene -
Perhaps I should give it a bash.

[Mary McLean]

Wow! I'm a big fan of Ranjit Bolt's translations. I had no idea he was local. I guess his story explains why I haven't seen any new ones in a while.

[Jerome Betts]

That's interesting, Mary, as the newspaper story doesn't mention translations. 130 pages sounds like a substantial bedside book for dipping into. (How many limericks per page, I wonder?) I think he's right that they don't have to be blue to be entertaining, and he's certainly done it the hard way, so glad it's paid off.

Brian, we're not supposed to stick our own stuff up in General Talk.
D & A is the place.

[Mary McLean]

Most of Bolt's plays were translations, often in fantastic verse. Wonderful Pierre Corneille versions back when he was apparently a teenager.