I'm reading Auden's Lectures on Shakespeare, which reminds me that Avon often literally sounds like a bastard--i.e., someone like Edmund in King Lear or Faulconbridge in King John--someone who has been dispossessed from society for reasons completely beyond his control. Does anyone know of any stories based on the premise that the rather, ah, fraught relationship between Blake and Avon stems from Blake's repudiation of his family's status and wealth--that Avon would have been perfectly happy to accept if it weren't for their father's being married to Blake's mother rather than to Avon's?
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Dana wrote:
Faulconbridge in King John
Which reminds me that David Collings and Trevor Cooper are in one of the current productions of King John - the RSC one I think. Collings got rave reviews as the Papal Legate (I think), and I actually saw cuddly Trevor being Hubert in a brief excerpt on television.
Does anyone know of any stories based on the premise that the rather, ah, fraught relationship between Blake and Avon stems from Blake's repudiation of his family's status and wealth--that Avon would have been perfectly happy to accept if it weren't for their father's being married to Blake's mother rather than to Avon's?
Well, I haven't, but it sounds like a good one. Would it collide totally with your usual universe?
I said:
Does anyone know of any stories based on the premise that the rather, ah, fraught relationship between Blake and Avon stems from Blake's repudiation of his family's status and wealth--that Avon would have been perfectly happy to accept if it weren't for their father's being married to Blake's mother rather than to Avon's?
and then Jarriet said:
Well, I haven't, but it sounds like a good one. Would it collide totally with your usual universe?
Yes, it would--I'm convinced that Avon's mother (and Blake's father, for that matter) are extremely respectable (particularly Jean Avon). But I *am* trying to figure out how a Blake, Blake Clone, Vila, Vila Clone Comedy of Errors would turn out.
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