Merry Wives of Theatre

I went to see The Merry Wives of Windsor last night. But this was not just any performance of the Shakespearean comedy. This was a special performance. Because I got to see the show performed in the Globe theatre!

...Ok, so it's not really the Globe, it's a replica because the old one burned down a long time ago. But still! It was cool.

I went to the show for my "Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Stage" class. Our "seats" were standing room only in the yard of the round theatre (yep, that's how they spell it here). We would have been called groundlings in Shakespeare's time, and our tickets would have cost only a penny. It was a really great experience, and was made even more authentic by the fact that there was a 45 minute downpour as soon as the show started. The show went on of course, and being an open-air theatre, all of us groundlings got soaked.  But it only added to the fun.

 The show was great! Some great comedic actors filled the roles, and the actresses who played Mistress Page and Mistress Ford were amazing.

It was a fun show, and a really cool experience that I would recommend to anyone traveling to London!