The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-02-25


principles. Never bet on {
wooden-legged horse; neve,
question the right of a wo'
man to change her mind!
My fayorite Is '"Troilus Ant
Cressida", one of the wors
plays Willie Shakespeare i
supposed TO have written, O
not written, depending OF
who you believe brough
home the literary Bacon. 1
is a Stinker!
Few people read Shakes
peare In the raw these days
which is probably just a.
well. Foreign movies and TN
provide about all the salaci
ty our civilization can tax,
without stripping its mora
gears.
Don't get the idea. that Tn
any Shakespearian scholar
The Bard gave me many OBJ.
noxious school days, learning
to parrot his poetic stuff anC
nonsense. The Guy is a me,
mace to scholastic naviga.
tionl
Despite my lotD opinion
OF his Hi-Jinr, VIII had
plenty on the ball. The
fault mag be that he is
forced doWn our threats,
like Sulphur and nsolas-
SEES, l0hen De are too
young TO knolU ,ohGt's
good for us.
In any euent, "Troilus
And Cressida" is a tri-
butte to the Bdrd's ran
courage and a common
tGry on the dumbness of
British Royalty at the
time. 1t is an "InSide
Troy" expose, and racy
as any modern 43ig-ToUn
Shocker.
I Snoosed through "Tro-
illus And CreSSidn In
School DGze, and neuer
GAGE the SttnkerS a sec
ond thought until the
current Hollywood Hub
Bub about Helen of Troy.
Re-Rending can be quite
a liberal educGtionl
Paris ana his Little
RaScGls originally snat-
ched Helen in reprisnl
for an Aunt kidnapped
By the Greeks. When He
len cottoped up to the
Trojan Standard OF LoD-
ing Auntie loas forgotten,
and the War FeUer named.
This was a terrible KEITH,
of fish, so the Gods were
dragged into save Helen,
social face, legalize her IL
licit loving and stimulate
the fighting spirit of CTS or
both sides. A calamity wa,
thus ayertedl
Troilus is a brother to Pa.
ris; a Wolf. but on the Gen.
teel Side. He buys a Bill o.
on Cressida, whose
Old Man is a Fifth Colun.
mist. She eventually trade,
Lover Boy in on a Greel
General. Sheer Soap Opera
OF educational interest i
the fact that Troilus is solt
the Phoney Merchandise b,
the Girls Uncle Pandar
probably a Gun-Runner. TIL
deal Soured, but added an
other dirty word to the Ian
guage: Pander.
Shakespeare showed sub
lime courage, letting Uncl,
Pandar be held up to Eliza.
bethan mirrors. The distinc.
ton between Love Broker
and War Brokers is slight il
any era. Liz must have lis
tened with asbestos ears!
"Troilus And Cressida" i
satirical dynamite, and ha
never been much jostled OF
stage for obvious reasons
The wonder is that the Bare
wasn't boiled in oil! Possibly
the play was staged in Lon.
don Fogl
The story gives an uncen,
sored peek behind the cur.
tainS of history. 1t spotlight
the rat-holes and razzle
dazzle; the boudoirs AM
c u tin G : houses; tn,
thoughts o Men and Mic
caught with their Inhibition,
down.
The Generals eUidently
dtSltked one another al
most as much as then
dtsIiked the G ~. Each
had his own preSS-agent;
and the releases are Of
ten colorJal enough to
tgarn1 the cookies OF a
modern CT heart.
Mighty Achilles is de-
"tDho aoedrs his nit in
Scrtbed as a character
his belly, and his CUTS in
his head" Ajdr is thought
to hcUe less nit than his
horse. The Scuttle-butt