Theatre Enthusiast Partner Pillows

to be or not to be

"Just be yourself."

Benedict Cumberbatch

'Is there another doctor in the house? He wants a second opinion.'

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

'They all want to play the star.'

Don't be fooled by the theatrics. She'll only suck your sap!

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

Papageno from The Magic Flute

Southwark Fair.

Pirate

Women's Bonnets Block the Audience View

'Hamlet'

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

Anthropologists discover the earliest known depiction of Jazz Hands.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

"Out damn Spot

'But they told me to take her down to theatre...'

The ghosts of Christmas yet to come.

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

Taking a peek at the audience

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

"Can you speak up: there's a bloody racket going on in the background."

'I was an egg in the Easter play.'

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

Applause

"It's a play on words."

"Toi Toi Toi!"

Cafe Momus from La Boheme

Reginald Bunthorne