For our last few days across the pond, the Theatre in London group stayed in Stratford-Upon-Avon at two Bed and Breakfasts run by sisters! I was in “The Hathaways,” pictured here. The other half of our group was next door. Every morning we would eat breakfast in our respective places and then leave all together …
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To Bust a Move or Not to Bust a Move
On our penultimate night in the United Kingdom, and our second night in Stratford-Upon-Avon, we ventured to the Royal Shakespeare Company to see Hamlet: Hail to the Thief. The show took Shakespeare’s classic story of Hamlet and combined it with Radiohead’s cinematic music. I wouldn’t quite classify it as a musical because most of the …
What We’ve All Been Waiting For… FOOD
This entire trip has beeen about one thing, and one thing only: food. Yes, we watched some theatre and toured a few historic places, but the food is what is really important. All jokes aside, this trip was more food-focused than I ever would have imagined. I mean, it’s Britain. They aren’t exactly known for …
Home-Turned-Museum in London
I was slightly underwhelmed walking up to Hampton Court Palace. It was a dreary, rainy day, and the palace was very far away so it looked tiny. It hardly compared to the great Westminster Abbey and Tower of London we had seen in days or weeks prior. It didn’t glow in the sparkling sunlight or …
Intelligent Women at the National Portrait Gallery
At the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, I was both excited and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of portraits, paintings, drawings and more that filled the galleries. I wanted more than anything to linger at each and every item on display, read the entire plaque, and stare at it until it lost all …
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Ghost-walk Around Westminster Abbey
At Westminster Abbey, there were so many actors, artists, writers, musicians, scientists, poets, and more buried there or commemorated with a plaque. A few actors and playwrights of note, in reverse chronological order, are Peggy Ashcroft (1907 – 1991), Laurence Olivier (1907 – 1989), David Garrick (1717 – 1779), and William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616). …
The GLOBE
Shakespeare’s Globe Theater is a radically different experience compared to what we are used to in the United States and at other theaters in London. When the globe first housed Shakespeare’s plays, there was no electricity to have lighting or recorded sound, and most of the audience stood very close around the stage. Today, Shakespeare’s …
Scrub-A-Dub Dub! A Glimpse of the Romans’ Bath Tub
On Thursday, May 28th, we took a day trip to see the Roman Baths in Bath, England. We rode a tube, then a train, and then we walked through the crooked streets of Bath to our final destination. Just outside the entrance, we paused for a moment to appreciate a man playing the saxophone. Once …
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Beautiful Blue Blunder
My experience at the Wyndham’s Theater production of My Master Builder was eventful. That is, until the show started. On that, there is not much to say. MMB did not blow me away, but it did not incur a wild fury that burned inside me either. It just sort of… was. That is not to …
Hearts Tide by Celestial Light
Four hours in the Victoria and Albert Museum was not nearly enough. I cannot count the number of times I got lost and wound up on several side-quests while finding my way back, yet I still did not see everything! My favorite exhibits were the Theatre and Performance collection (obviously), the painting collection, and all …
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