This is going to have to be brief, since London does not mean sitting in bed writing posts, even reviews of interesting but ultimately not quite satisfying productions of classic plays.

Last night we saw Much Ado About Nothing, with James Earl Jones as Benedict and Vanessa Redgrave as Beatrice, and many other good actors as the rest of the ( Read more... )

You'll be getting the rest of the report in bits and pieces, I'm afraid, and perhaps a little scrappier than if I were writing on the road. Life, alas, does not have a pause button, and I'm more behind than I might have been, what with being sick and Yom Kippur. Still, most of the laundry is done, the mail gone through, and the squeakiest wheels ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm behind. And the trip is almost over. Which is just as well, because at Brick Lane market (or perhaps Spitalfields) a latter-day Artful Dodger boosted my brand new iPhone from my purse ( Read more... )

Friday was a beautiful autumn day in London: warmish, clear and shady by turns. A perfect day to see a play outdoors, or semi-outdoors, in the rebuilt Globe theatre. And that, six weeks ago, sitting at the dining table in our New York apartment with the Globe website open and maps of England and Wales spread around us, is just what we'd planned ( Read more... )