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Saturday, June 07, 2008

. . . Wherefore art thou Romeo!

As I said in my last post, I was coming back to my newly beloved Regent's Park this afternoon to see Romeo and Juliet. Like I said Wednesday night - I was just blown over with how wonderful this experience was. I don't know if any Twodoebs readers have occassion to find themselves in London over this summer, but if you do, come to the park and take in some theatre!

Wow- It was a beautiful show, yes it made my eyes well up. And what really astonished me was most of the actors from Twelfth Night were in this same production. MAN that's a lot of Shakespeare to learn! Both shows were set NOT in shakespearean times which was neat. Twelfth Night had a 20's/Zoot Suit feel to it, and Romeo and Juliet was set more in the 40's/50's, almost had a West Side Story feeling to it. Phew - it was SUCH a great way to spend Saturday.

I also said my last set of pics weren't so great, so here is hopefully a better set.

The beautiful gates welcoming you to the inner circle of the park.

Some of the gorgeous rose gardens inside the Park.

The crowd gathering at the entrace gates to the
theatre

The weather called for mostly sunny today. Apparently this counts as 'mostly sunny' here in jolly old England!

Here is the stage. This was mostly the same set as Twelfth Night with the addition of the "balcony". I WANTED deeply to take another picture of the last scene but the ushers were dutifully "tsk-tsking" picture takers. But look at this photo and imagine the cast in their funeral black clothing with Romeo and Juliet in white, draped tragically over each other with red rose petals all around. Sigh.

Well all in all this Open Air Theatre has been the best surprise of this trip to London. And while as much as I've enjoyed it, I can't wait to get back to my OWN Romeo in just a few days!

posted at 1:22 PM

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