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From: wab@reed.UUCP (William Baker)
Newsgroups: net.theater
Subject: New Play:  Knots
Message-ID: <896@reed.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 23:20:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 23:20:36 1985
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	Well, this is the second time I have
posted an article wondering what happened to
all those copies of Knot that I sent out a
couple of months ago.
	To refresh the memories of net.theater
readers, I posted an article a while back
asking for people to read the first act of a
play that I am writing.  Low and behold, I got
lots of response and sent out 20+ copies of the
first act.  About a month and a half go by and
no one has written me back.  So I send out a
note bitching about the lack of response and
get a stack of notes saying, "Gee, I haven't
gotten around to reading it yet" along with
another ten requests for copies, making a grand
total of 30+ that I have sent out into the
blue.
	Another month has passed and I *still*
haven't gotten anyone to write back and tell me
just what the hell they think of the first act.
Maybe this should be telling me something.  On
the other hand, seeing how dead things are in
net.theater perhaps no one is interested
anymore.
	Whatever the case, if you are one of
the people who got a copy and you bothered to
read it, please send me a little something
describing your reactions.  As I said before, I
don't care if you think it was garbage.  What
is important is *why* you thought it was
garbage.  Don't be afraid of hurting my
feelings; this is not the first play I have
written and your dislike for it will not make
it my last.
	A note on progress:  I am now working
on the third and final act.  The second act is
fairly polished and I am willing to send it out
for perusal.  It explains a lot, so those of
you who were confused by the first act might
take a look at the second (people around here
were grabbing it out of my hands to find out
what happens next).  The only condition is that
I won't send you a copy of act two until you
write to me what you thought of act one.
	I'm kind of sad to see this newsgroup
withering.  I suppose it's possible that the
people who have access to the net are not on
the average extremely interested in theatre.
Well, I'm one serious (read starving)
actor/director/playwright who is willing to
discuss more than anecdotes.


				Bill Baker
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