Re: Question: Corrected texts?
Posted by:
Dr. W.C. Farmer (IP Logged)
Date: 28 August, 2002 08:59PM
I cannot offer advice as to the various published editions since
I believe they were done after Ashton's death. I have in my
possession, however, an exact copy which I typed at Pacific Grove,
simultaneously making a carbon so Clark, Carol, and I would each
have a script for an evening reading in which we each took part;
myself the young hero, Carol the young Queen, and Clark the king;
other parts we divied up as they became relevant. Between the
fun of the reading, the Burgundy, the Black Bread, and the
strong Cheese, we had a great time - even eliciting one or
two outright guffaws from Clark in contrast to his usually
bemused chortle. I believe this copy, since it is verbatim
from Clark's original, may be considered definitive in the
event the original has been corrupted by time and the fading
of ink, and crumbling of the document. Refer any debatable
passage to me, I will compare it, and let you know what is
here.
Dr. Farmer