Several people have written me or the list about the matter I raised, of
making REED-L private, ie, closed to submissions from non-members, or
continuing to have it public and open. I thiought you might be interested
to know that at the moment, opinion is strongly in favour of keeping things
as they are. I just wanted to be clear, if I was not before, that I have
no objections either way. I have a slight personal preference for leaving
the list open, because it is the self-regulating, consensual nature of the
way the internet works which so attracts me to it. It resonates with my
ideal of how the academic world ought to run (and doesn't, of course). But
I am perfectly willing to ask our technical adviser to change over if that
is the will of the majority. I am assuming that the entire list can now
estimate to within 5 years when I started my undergraduate career, by the
way!
There was a query which was meant for the wqhole list, I think, in one of
the replies, and I pass it on here
From: [log in to unmask]
On another note. A colleague of mine has asked for names of
religious plays that her church group could read. She doesn't want
the cutesy Xmas stuff but something with a little more *intellectual
content and interest.* I suggested *The Second Shepard's Play* off
the top of my head. I know there are other mystery/cycle plays
that might interest this group. If you have had an experience with
one that you could reccommend please contact me. I think the group
is fairly sophistcated and would be open to things that are off
the beaten path. TIA. Peace.
Tom Clark
Several years ago, I translated one of the long texts of the Quem queritis
from Young's book for a group at my church to do on Easter morning and it
worked very well. I am not well enough up on the Christmas tropes to know
if there would be something similar. There are always more modern thing,
like the 18th century Spanish Christmas play Los Pastores which is still
performed in Spanish-speaking parts of the American Southwest. I've seen
it performed out-of-doors on old mission grounds in south Texas, which
would not be suitable for a northern climate, but I'm sure there are other
ways of doing it.
Keepin' on trucking....
Abigail
