"To be or not to be..."

Hello! This week and weekend have been relaxing, yet busy! Tomorrow and Wednesday I have "mid-terms" (they are a little earlier than mid-terms, hence the quotations) so there were no big excursions to far off lands. However, Thursday evening 5 of my friends and I went to Shakespeare's Globe to see Love's Labour's Lost. Shakespeare's Globe today is an exact replica of what the original theatre would have been like back in Shakespeare's time. It was so cool to be able to watch a play by Shakespeare in his theatre! Love's Labour's Lost was a cute comedy that was in a way a battle of the sexes where couples are in love and try to test the others affection for them while trying to prove their own.
Shakespeare's Globe is so realistic of the real thing, they only change's made have been from candlelight to electic light. One thing unchanged is the open roof. Because of this plays are not played during the winter and cold months. We were very lucky to grab one of the last shows of this year. They are closing down either this weekend or next.
Below are some pictures of the stage. No pictures were allowed during the play so there are no scenes from the play below. Sorry.
Love and miss you all!
Natalie
PS~My next post may not be for a while because we will be on our field trip. Ask my mom or me through e-mail for details!




Obviously this isn't Shakespeare's Globe. This is in a part of town called Picadilly. I wanted to include it because I think it is so characteristic of London. On the left you'll see the big advertisments of the modern age but on the right it's a beautiful building from centuries ago with a beautiful fountain statue in the middle. London is just this, a perfect blend of the old and new tied together by wonderful art and culture.