Can I chime back in here

1) Slavery and Quakers

As a quaker (no we didn't die out in 1645) our standpoint on the slavery question was based on the quaker belief of every person being possesed of the divine spark, therefore equal before God and therefore no one could be a slave of any other. (my life! communism and in 1644! :-)) this is why quakers in the US were very active in running stations on the "underground railroad"

2) British villains - I (and others) have a theory that this is something to do with it being very damaging to american actors career prospects to be seen being evil!

3)Americans playing Shakespeare Honorable mention to Kevin Kline?? in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Black mark to Micheal Keaton in Much Ado about Nothing and Al Pacino who can't tell the difference between the Duke of Richmond and Henry Tudor (they are the same person!)

On a musical note has anyone come across any submarine shantys (Other than Deisel & Shale?)