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Intent on sharing what he has discovered, Gollob drives every Wednesday morning to Caldwell College, a small Catholic school in Montclair, N.J., to teach, gratis, a course for students he describes as "50 years old and better--retired doctors, lawyers, teachers, housewives...
Shakespeare has special resonance for older students, Gollob says. "We've experienced life. We've raised families. We've learned a profession. We've earned a living. We've been hired, fired, promoted, passed over. We've survived chemotherapy and heart attacks. So we have the experience to bring to Shakespeare...
...energetic man with an infectious enthusiasm for his new passion, Gollob is well aware that many readers remember Shakespeare with a sense of obligation and even dread. Not the right mind-set, says Gollob. "Shakespeare didn't write for intellectuals. He wrote for a large popular audience who wanted to be entertained, moved. They wanted to laugh and cry, and that's what he gave them...
...Alas, Gollob in his own writing sometimes errs on the side of erudition. Still, his book is valuable for its passionate view of Shakespeare and its account of Gollob's intriguing life. Having come to New York City to work in the theater, Gollob ended up with a coveted job in book publishing. In the beginning, writes Gollob, his career was "an adventure in the exciting and political New York literary scene, crackling with suspense." But by the time he was ready to retire, he recalls, "a certain weariness had begun to overtake me. In fact, I'd begun...
...sheer luck that he stumbled on the Bard of Avon when he did, says Gollob. What advice does he have for seniors who want to stay as intellectually engaged as he has? "Take as many courses as you possibly can," he says. "Find adult-education courses. Audit college courses if possible. This may sound frivolous, but get into it not so much for the profundity but just to have a good time." After all, as Shakespeare put it, "the play's the thing...