Okay, so we just got back from King Lear and it was a great performance. I hadn't read it before, so it took me a lot of energy to understand the first act. Can you believe during the intermission that the ushers sold ice cream IN the theater! Ahhh, weird! It cost £3 and I was not really interested...
The New London Theatre (off of Drury Lane)--thrust stage-- as we walked in the lights were dim, and there was a fog machine going. The first thing that happened was that a LOUD ORGAN sounded, and in walked a procession of characters... Of course some immature person sitting near us let out a loud gasp when Lear, going mad, strips off his clothes. I thought it was done tastefully/that it wasn't distracting-- it fit in perfectly with his discussion with mad Tom about dressing no more extravagantly than when we come into this world.
I spent £3.50 on a program, and good thing because after the show we waited outside near the stage door and we DID meet Sir Ian McKellen! 
Dreams do come true! 'night all!
The New London Theatre (off of Drury Lane)--thrust stage-- as we walked in the lights were dim, and there was a fog machine going. The first thing that happened was that a LOUD ORGAN sounded, and in walked a procession of characters... Of course some immature person sitting near us let out a loud gasp when Lear, going mad, strips off his clothes. I thought it was done tastefully/that it wasn't distracting-- it fit in perfectly with his discussion with mad Tom about dressing no more extravagantly than when we come into this world.
I spent £3.50 on a program, and good thing because after the show we waited outside near the stage door and we DID meet Sir Ian McKellen! 
Dreams do come true! 'night all!
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