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Old 02-02-2001, 07:27 PM   #23
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Re: old plywright

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> ...and when taught, it [English Literature] was confined chiefly to a study of Shakespeare's plays, which Ronald soon found that he 'disliked cordially'.
- J R R Tolkien: A Biography, Humphry Carpenter<hr></blockquote>

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> ...while in a debate on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays he 'poured a sudden flood of unqualified abuse on Shakespeare, upon his filthy birthplace, his squalid surroundings, and his sordid character.'
- J R R Tolkien: A Biography, Humphry Carpenter<hr></blockquote>



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