Mr W.S.s Decalogue
1. The Unities are there to be ignored.
2. Consistencty in spelling is for wimps.
3. Keep a firm hand on uppitty clowns.
4. Try to get tedious old courtiers stabbed through arrasses or
pursued by bears early on so they can reappear as somebody else.
5. If in doubt, disguise a boy as a girl.
6. Bohemia is a country of the mind and can therefore have a sea-coast.
7. Bums in lines equal bums on seats, unless they're groundlings.
8. A play within a play works wonders.
9. Don't forget a song or two.
10. Ignore Ben Jonson.
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