April 2, 2009

JUST FOR THE APRIL 1 RECORD:

In 2007 Theatreview announced:
TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR ARTISTS AND THEIR CREATIVE OUTPUTS WHEN EXHIBITED, PUBLISHED OR OTHERWISE PRODUCED IN PUBLIC ARENAS
which spawned a vigorous Forum.

In 2008 Theatreview announced:
BREAKING NEWS: SAM NEILL TO HEAD DOWNSTAGE
which sparked off this Forum. (The spoil-sport posts were disabled until noon then reinstated.)

This year, in honour of the Compleate Workes project, Theatreview went with:

LABOURS WONNE? – YOUR HELP NEEDED
and this was the Forum.  

Also for the record, the director of a Shakespeare Festival in the USA did email the following message:

Hello John.  Interesting stuff.  You’re probably not aware that I have great skepticism that the man from Stratford actually wrote the plays so this could be a particularly interesting piece of evidence, if anyone actually is willing to risk breaking the bottle!  I would strongly suggest taking it to the museum – the people there would certainly be able to offer suggestions about how to get the script out.

Are you sure it’s not a hoax?

I’ll be interested to see any developments.

Thanks for sending it to me.

Best regards, [etc]