Hamlet in translation (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, but does he know who Shakespeare *really* was?  The high forehead in
the famous portrait shouts "space alien."  At least to me.

JL

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > I wonder if Dub-yuh knows who Shakespeare was?
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> Well, he went to Yale and to Harvard, so it's pretty likely.
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> He hosted a Dinner in Celebration of William Shakespeare's birthday -
> April 20, 2005
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> He mentioned the bard in speeches and public remarks (February 8, 2005 ;
> April 19, 2005; December 4, 2005; March 27, 2006; July 10, 2007)
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