Fred,

This be a good and decent place to be hanging out. Be welcome---or not to be that--whatever you choose.

Speaking of Hamlet, in '64 I saw Burton do Hamlet in N.Y. after sleeping in Central Park for a week and gigging in a baskethouse at night. CAFE WHA I think it was called. I was pretty aromatic and when I traded my standing-room-only ticket for a newly returned 3rd-row-center seat, well, you might say I was a sensation sitting among the tuxes and evening gowns. (Woody would've loved it.) I swear Richard himself sniffed concernedly in my direction.------------Anyhow, a rehersal film of that Hamlet--Burton directed by Gielgud----survived Burton's widow trying to burn them all. IT IS NOW ON VIDEO for $50.00 I wonder if it's decent and/or worth saving the pennies for???!!!

All the best,

Art Thieme