take a break issue 49/50

[teddysmum]

two gentlemen of ?????? (Shakespear)

[kettledrum]

Verona

[NewDazzler]

Oh please, you have internet access, and you can't find this. I'm sorry I thought this site was for stuff you can't, or at least can't easily find online, or even by asking any slightly clued-up person. Sorry if this seems harsh, but Shakespeare's plays are hardly rocket science.
May I recommend www.wikipedia.com, or even that old staple Google.

[kev100]

I dont know how long you have been around NewDazzler but after 12 months I'm waiting for someone to ask "can you tell me if the Beatles were some kind of musicians?"

[kettledrum]

New Dazzler, I think you and I are showing our age by expecting everyone to know about Shakespeare's plays. Modern youth appear not to be taught anything for it's own sake, and Shakespeare is longer on the syllabus.
But to draw on Kev's analogy, whereas I am familiar with Shakespeare / the Bible etc - all the things that used to be considered General Knowledge - I would be very hard pressed to name more than a few Beatles songs. We all have different strengths.

[kettledrum]

Sorry - to retype that....
....for its own sake, and Shakespeare is no longer on the syllabus....

[NILYA]

To a certain extent, I agree with what has been posted on
this question. I'm certainly lost out on the Beatles' songs!!
However, since teddysmum is obviously a newcomer to AB, perhaps we should give a more gentle guidance in the workings of AB!!
As kettledrum has suggested, general knowledge is probably not a subject that our young people are into.

[jan1956]

you don't have to be "into" general knowledge to use google though do you?

[Drusilla1]

Two Gentlemen of Verona

[jan1956]

drusilla you are 2 days to late the answer was given on the 19th!!!!!!!!!!