> -----Original Message----- > From: David Goldfarb [mailto:goldfarb at OCF.Berkeley.EDU] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:33 PM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: RE: Boredom Relief Through Conspiracy.... > > > From: "Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student)" <RuhlenR at missouri.edu> > >Remember in _PG_ where they go after Kathana and Paarfi > launches into a > >diatribe about this really rotten play he saw one time where > the main > >character NEVER APPEARED ON STAGE but it wasn't going to be > like that > >in THIS story? I think Mario is that character. > > Um, I don't mean to be insulting or anything, but I do want > to make sure that you are aware of Samuel Beckett's play > _Waiting for Godot_? It's quite well-known. The two main > characters spend the whole play standing around waiting, and > the title character never does appear. My impression is that > Brust was riffing on that. Well, I've _heard_ of it. But I didn't know anything about the actual story. Thank you for educating me. Rachel