Across the Pond: Everything Shakespeare

I am now completely done with lectures at the University of Chester and have a few assessments remaining! To be honest, I've been somewhat lazy on them and decided to take a reading break. Last week I read The Hobbit, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Brave New World. This week I've taken to the Bible and thought I'd read a few books before getting to work on my paper tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, the Queen will be coming to Chester! I am going to try my hardest to get to see her but from what I understand it'll will be a very busy place when she rolls in.

Brian and I went to Stratford-upon-Avon last weekend to experience the birthplace of The William Shakespeare. Now I don't claim to know much about the man and I've only read a few of his plays (sometimes just stumbling through them) but I felt much more interested in him by the end of the weekend. Stratford-upon-Avon boasts not only an awesome town-name but the home to the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Saturday, I had the pleasure of seeing two plays at the RSC, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. I've been to a few Broadway shows but this surpassed any of my theatrical experiences. The theatre was fairly large and rose up two balconies that extended in a U shape around the stage. I was very impressed with the acting during the plays and they somehow made Shakespeare easier. On Sunday we walked along the river and went inside the church that Shakespeare was baptized, married, and is now buried in. Unfortunately our way back home to Chester wasn't a pleasant as our weekend in Stratford. We were delayed over three hours at one train station and the station didn't have toilets... painful.