SHAKESPEARE REVISED
Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan), the Governor-General of Canada, greatly amused a convention of Canadian authors in Toronto by reciting these lines of Shakespeare:—
"O, mistress mine, where are you
roaming? 0 stay and hear! Your true love's coining.''
. . . and then giving his idea of how Hollywood might rewrite them:
"Hugh! sweetie, where you gettin' to? Your liig lx>y's here and pettin' yoi*. And he's the guy that rings the bell. Say kid. quit hikin' and sit nice, For shakin' feet don't cut no ice. The goofiest nut can tell."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 74, 29 March 1938, Page 14
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