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up on a roof where they can’t get
them down.
Fans who dine out invariably
order one-half liter of the
establishment's best sack, and
capon cordon bleu. Cheap
tourists order Hamlet burgers.
One afternoon when I developed
a craving for some authentic
Shakespearean food, I set out to
find a Hamlet burger. But Hamlet
hasn't played in Ashland since
1974 and is out of season, and I
had to settle for a Hamlet
omelette. Hamlet makes a better
play than an omelette.
The Shakespeare fan has other
identifying characteristics:
— He rides in a Winnebago and
stays in a campground.
— He carries a brass band and
a blow torch for use at 6 in the
morning in campground.
— He walks around saying
things like ‘What he and perforce,
where's the toilet?”
— He wears a “Shakespeare’s
my friend" tee shirt.
9H
>V*V/hen they have nothing
better to do, fans go watch the
plays. Shakespeare had a hand in
several of this year’s offerings.
The Tempest, Richard the Third
Straub challenged on charge
claiming conflict of interest
The president of a newly formed
injured worker’s organization cal
led Tuesday for a continued inves
tigation into conflict of interest
charges against Roy Green,
Workers’ Compensation Board
chairer.
Carl Blair, 39, of Springfield, the
head of the Committee for Injured
Workers of America, Inc. (CIWA),
said Gov. Bob Straub’s dismissal
of the conflict of interest charges
against Green is premature. The
charges should be investigated
further to determine whether the
stock Green now holds in the Em
ployee Benefits Insurance Com
pany of Portland represents a con
flict of interest, he says.
Blair, an injured worker who
started the non-profit CIWA last
month to organize injured workers
around the state, said Green’s in
terest in the insurance company is
a clear conflict of interest and that
Green should resign his position.
Blair first called for Green’s res
ignation July 4 during a news story
broadcast by KEZI-TV. Blair said
Green's continued interest in the
insurance company was costing
the state’s businesses money and
cheating the injured workers out of
what was rightfully theirs.
The Worker’s Compensation
Board has been wasting millions
of dollars a year by sending in
jured workers out of state for med
ical examinations, Blair said. But
that may just be the beginning.
Blair also said that by keeping
the claims against workers' com
pensation insurance low, Green
has made a profit on his stock in
the Employee Benefits Insurance
Company that is worth well over a
million dollars.
“For Governor Straub to say
that there is no conflict of interest
makes him either an idiot ora liar,”
Blair said. “I challenge them
(Straub and Green) to meet me on
the (KEZI-TV) news, on the air,
and to prove beyond a reasonable
doubt that there isn’t a conflict of
interest here.”
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and The Taming of The Shrew
play in the outdoor Elizabethan
theater. The stage on the outdoor
theater resembles a mansion and
has that certain Shakespearean
look about it. Two indoor theaters
are reserved for realist plays:
Morther Courage, Tartuffe, Miss
Julie, The Effect of Gamma Rays
on Man in the Moon Marigolds,
Night of the Tribades and Timon
of Athens.
Timon of Athens was written by
Shakespeare, but it is trying to live
this down. This play has been
stripped of Elizabethan drapery
and placed in modern times. The
actors wear tennis shorts, ice
cream suits and underwear. The
play centers around Timon, a man
who at first trusts his fellow men,
but who ends up condemning
them as scoundrels. The audi
ence usually applauds anyway. It
is the only Shakespearean play
allowed indoors.
When going to Ashland, it is
best to bring along a large stock of
companions. They run out fast. It
takes a devoted Shakespearean
to survive Richard the Third, a
play about a Zodiac killer who
murders people for three hours
and then is killed by Glen Camp
bell.
^^t is best to test companions
before leaving. Shakespearean
fans must have a certain mettle.
Those thinking about joining the
Shakespeare club should not get
sick at the sight of imitation
Elizabethan brown trim. They
should have a high tolerance of
the words “Ye Old" and not be
frightened by extra e's at the end
of words. And they should find the
sight of five people hopping
around in green jumpsuits and
waving lace handkerchieves not
in the least bit funny.
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