Theater

  • Plays Were the News and the Propaganda of Shakespeare’s Time

    By Ray Wilson The Symmetry of the Snowflakes The picnic grove was instantly transformed by fast-falling snowflakes. In this very clearing, several months ago, two gentlemen were discussing the owl cry. The owl was happily too-wit too-wooing in a nearby tree. “Which Shakespeare play—how did it go—its famous—that owl cry—that fatal bellman,” one of the…

    Read more

  • It’s Been a Year of Pantomime in The Lords

    By Ray Wilson Christmas Chronicles It’s been a morning of dull grey skies and long, persistent rain. I got back soaking wet with a soggy dog, having walked the hills above my dad’s village. I parked the motorcycle combination and quickly changed into dry and somewhat more respectable garb. My missus, having picked up Trev…

    Read more