I have been unable to respond to this list earlier because of a problem with my email address on it but I did want to ask why there have been a number of references to Norwich as a rural community. In 1565, wasn't it the second largest city in England? Wouldn't that make it only slightly more rural than London? -- Prof. Franklin J. Hildy [log in to unmask] Department <<http://www.inform.umd.edu/thet>> History text <<http://www.abacon.com/brockett>> Globe Archive <<http://www.sgc.umd.edu>> fax 301-314-9599 w 301-405-6676 h 301-445-3181 Chair Department of Theatre University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 home: 3010 Silver Lake Court Hyattsville, MD 20783