That is exactly the kind of site I was looking for, Ple. I knew you were the expert to ask. I had a little trouble figuring out that the result loaded in the "menu" frame, there.

I think I need to subscribe to find out what my friend asked me, which is okay. I think he wants to know about half-brothers or half-sisters of his horse, so I need to do a progeny search. He told me the

• "grandmom": Sugs Gay Lady
• "grandad": Dash For Cash
• "mom": Good Judgement [sic]
• "dad": Roll the Cash
• Look in the sib group that has:
  • Miss Clabber Do
  • Joe Reed
  • Chicano Sizzler
  • Leo II

It looks like most of these horses haven't been reported to the database yet [Edit: probably because it's some no-'count rodeo thing, not racing], but it's still a find. Thanks.

(IIRC, A. C. Bradley once wrote an essay called "Where was Hamlet when his father died?"--the kind of thing that used to give Shakespeare scholars sleepless nights in the olden days.)

Oh! Shakespeare is the spirit sire of Xander's Lie!

Am I the only one here that's read Thurber's "The MacBeth Murder Mystery"? Highly recommended, unfortunately, it's not out of copyright, so you have to go read it at a library....

Fay, I feel exactly the same ambivalence. Part of what makes me resent the Angel/Cordy love thing (apart from the fact that I find it implausible in itself) is that I enjoyed the Angel/Cordy friendship so much.

And for the record, I'm very very pro queer readings of Shakespeare and all early modern texts--but preferably ones that acknowledge that same-sex desire won't necessarily occur in the same contexts (close friendships between "equals") where we would tend to look for it these days.

Where's slash, where's not... it's tricky. At the moment, I have to take it on a case by case basis, imagine it both ways round, and even then I can change my mind quite readily.

preferably ones that acknowledge that same-sex desire won't necessarily occur in the same contexts (close friendships between "equals") where we would tend to look for it these days.

Would you care to expand on where it would occur? You've got me interigued.

And while we're on the subject, has anyone read Robert Nye Mrs Shakespeare, The Complete Works ? It's RPF, with a good dose of RPS. And stylistically quite good, IMHO.

And while we're on the subject, has anyone read Robert Nye Mrs Shakespeare, The Complete Works ? It's RPF, with a good dose of RPS. And stylistically quite good, IMHO.

I have The Late Mr. Shakespeare and loved it. Must. Get. This.

Am-Chau--the very short and oversimplified version: traditionally, in Western cultures, sex between men happened most frequently in strongly hierarchical contexts, whether the hierarchy was of age, of status, of power or of class. (Of course this was also true, by definition, of sex between men and women.)

Is Nye a British-type author? I don't believe I've heard of him.

I have The Late Mr. Shakespeare and loved it. Must. Get. This.

Do, Cashmere-- who's The Late Mr. Shakespeare by, BTW? I haven't read that.

the very short and oversimplified version: traditionally, in Western cultures, sex between men happened most frequently in strongly hierarchical contexts, whether the hierarchy was of age, of status, of power or of class. (Of course this was also true, by definition, of sex between men and women.)

So (thinks, picks random examples) Romeo/Mercutio (equals) is less likely than Olivia/Viola (unequal power)?

Theo: Googles Yes, British, so it says here.

This provides a biblography, a quick glance at which reveals that I'm an idiot, as he wrote The Late Mr. Shakespeare as well as Mrs Shakespeare: The Complete Works.