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David Black, an Elaine's regular and a producer and writer for television dramas like ''Law & Order,'' and Gary Taylor, an editor of the Oxford edition of the complete works of Shakespeare. Needless to say, Mr. Black was excited. In September, Mr. Black, a fan of Mr. Taylor's books, contacted him and was excited when Mr. Taylor pointed out that the modern television landscape was quite similar to the Elizabethan theater scene. Among the odd pairings you sometimes come across at the celebrity hangout Elaine's, perhaps the oddest on Saturday night was David Black, an Elaine's regular and a producer and writer for television dramas like 'Law & Order,' and Gary Taylor, an editor of the Oxford edition of the complete works of Shakespeare. In September, Mr. Black, a fan of Mr. Taylor's books, contacted him, and was excited when Mr. Taylor pointed out that the modern television landscape was quite similar to the Elizabethan theater scene, with intense commercialism, a ferocious demand for material and a low reputation in the eyes of the contemporary culturati. After reading a draft of Mr. Taylor's 'Cardenio,' Mr. Black went to his Rolodex, called his friends and scheduled a reading.