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Instaquiz: should I try to get to romeo and juliet or as you like it at the Globe while I'm here? I know R&J pretty well (obviously) & will have lots of opportunities to see it again. I know As You Like It hardly at all. They're neither of them exactly rare and unusual plays and they're not dead boring like Cymbeline. (I saw a dreadful Summer Shakespeare of Cymbeline that I've never gotten over.)

(or any other theatre recs? - I'm seeing The Cherry Orchard tonight at the Old Vic, could be great or it could result in my jetlagged ass embarassingly falling asleep. *crosses fingers*)

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There's an open air theatre, I think near the tower but on the other side of the Thames. It's like an amphitheatre; you sit on stone ledges going downwards. Um. I'm not being very helpful here. But! I saw The Caucasian Chalk Circle there and it was awesome. It might not work so well for plays-not-by-Brecht, but it was free and quite the experience.

ETA: This is it.

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go to arcadia by Tom Stoppard instead (or as well)
We went and it is FANTASTIC, think Importance of being Earnest funny - and the whole thing is about entropy - what could be more awesome?

As You Like It. Very funny, and some fantastic characters. Also, Rosalind is my second favourite Shakespearean heroine.

I love Cymbeline, but that's just because I had such a good time studying it.

Also, As You Like It has Jamie Parker in it as Oliver. Scripps from The History Boys. Kind of adore him.

I'm sure R&J would be great too, but as you said, you'll have plenty of opportunities to see it.

Oh, dear, Chekov - I practically fell asleep reading an excerpt. I hope it is/was better on stage.

BTW, if you haven't seen it on FB already, your sister is in quarantine. Sounds like you got out of the country just in time!

omg, you're here!? arg, my brain!calendar flipped out on me.

cell number: 07920 289350. give me a call ♥

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