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We can only admire the way that Shakespeare brushes off pandemic shutdowns like crumbs from his doublet. First, a couple of bubonic plagues; then, a round of Covid.
One “play” uses only voice-overs. Another features a main actor only on video. And under Covid rules, an 11-person Shakespeare cast counts as an army.
âA Midsummer Nightâs Dreamâ Onstage. A Nightmare Off It. Shakespeareâs Globe survived Elizabethan plagues. Todayâs version got through the coronavirus pandemic, but tough times lie ahead. Instead of audience members standing and watching as âgroundlings,â Shakespeareâs Globe has installed portable seats in the pit.Credit...Adama Jalloh for The New York Times May 27, 2021, 9:40 a.m. ET LONDON â At the Globe theater in London one recent Thursday was a sight Shakespeare could have related to: 11 actors larking about onstage rehearsing âA Midsumme...
Thu 27 May 2021 18.15 EDT A donkey-shaped piñata dangles above the stage. Itâs a decent metaphor for this playâs colourful, sweet-centred festivities amid destruction. A Midsummer Nightâs Dream chimes with lockdown nightmares of confinement and separated lovers, the discombobulation of a world turned upside down and climate chaos. But the Globe throws a party instead, reviving Sean Holmesâs ebullient 2019 Dream, vibrantly designed by Jean Chan, as the venue reopens for the first time since the pandemic hit. Nicholas Hytner, Dominic Hill and Joe Hill-Gibbins have all rec...
Homeowners locked in disputes with neighbours over misplaced fences are being offered a new solution which could save them hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly court battles, This is Money can reveal. Property lawyers told of cases where neighbours had spent more than a quarter of a million pounds trying to address boundary issues, as legal fees piled up following months or even years going through the courts. And they said that this had got worse during lockdown, as people have been confined to their homes and quarrels over things like fence ownership, unkempt hedges, party walls or use...