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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (56455)	9/2/2002 12:34:21 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I found some interesting stuff on Shakespeare. Was reading about lunacy and comedy, and how the people of Shakespeare's time thought the two things were closely related. Lunatics could be rented for parties, and were considered very entertaining, and the people of England could go to the insane asylums and watch the lunatics for entertainment (what people did before reality TV, I guess). I read so much today- but I think we find some clues to this in the speeches of Mercutio. No one ever told me that in any of my English classes. I thought it was very interesting.