Theatrics Aficionado Pillows

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

"Just be yourself."

Benedict Cumberbatch

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

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

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

'Hamlet'

If time travel was invented in 1600 in England. I'm a fan of the bard. Let's see if he wants to take a journey through time. Globe Theater. Sounds fun! Let's go to 2020. It's a nice round number. Zazzz! Poof! That's weird. How did they know he was coming? And why does he need to leave this place? Apparently you can't be here, William. The sign says "No Shakespeare in the park this summer."

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Papageno from The Magic Flute

Women's Bonnets Block the Audience View

"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?"

Applause. Clap clap bravo. Spring musical. Cats. You were terrific! Our little girl!

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

"Out damn Spot

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

Senta jumps into the sea

"Bravo!"

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

Reese Witherspoon

"It's a play on words."

Silly wig.

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

Applause

'I was an egg in the Easter play.'

"Toi Toi Toi!"

'She sounds like your mother when you told her that you were going to marry me.'

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

'I asked Will if he wrote it. He said he wasn't sure.'