[RE: minstrel: Complaints of bordedom at feasts]

[yarrowp at mscd.edu]

Good gentles, there is something that I perhaps need to clarify.  I have 
never said anything about forcing people to be quiet when someone is 
performing.  I have never said that "everyone must be quiet when the bard 
is on stage."

There is a difference between no one talking and being quiet enough for a 
performer to be heard.  I don't object to conversation.  

I have had the experience of being in the middle of a scheduled performance 
and having an unscheduled performance begin at top volume and close 
quarters.  I've also seen someone get up while we were in the middle of a 
(scheduled and invited-by-the-autocrat) song and demand quiet throughout 
the hall so they could make a toast or presentation to the crown.  Have 
other folk had this experience?   

I also object to noise that rises high enough that performers cannot be 
heard by those making an effort to listen to them from a short distance.  
People can't really converse in that sort of noise, either.

Vivien


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