Author: Ronald Weihs
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A vintage panto at Wilton’s Music Hall
Day one in London, Thursday December 15. Despite potential jet lag, went to our local theatre space, Wilton’s Musical Hall. Derelict for years, the nineteenth century musical hall has been restored not to its former glory, but to a faded and tattered state that confronts its age with honour. The play was a panto, Mother…
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London in December: Photos
A few photos from our first day in London. Winter light. Sun goes down early, the twilight is long, the streets teem with life.
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Stratford-Upon-Avon: Othello
Shakespeare’s funerary monument, Holy Trinity Church. We had seen a remarkable Othello two years ago at the National Theatre, with Adrian Lester as Othello and Rory Kinnear as Iago, set in a contemporary military garrison resembling those in Iraq or Afghanistan. We almost decided to skip Othello this time, so as not to overlay our…