Speaking of the Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow, at the Q&A with the actors after their performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", someone asked about when they had first gotten into Shakespeare.

An early question pegged the six of them as having gotten interested in performing between 6 and 12 years old, but five of them said they had avoided Shakespeare until college, two of them until grad school, the reason being intimidation.

They were afraid they wouldn't be up to the language, which was the same issue my Ma had expressed from the spectating standpoint when I first urged her to join my wife and I in our theater excursions.

I was quite surprised.