Present: Brian, Nic, Gill, Luuk, Pierre-Yves, Barbara
Date: March 21st, 2012
Dinner: Post-theatre at Meson Don Felipe
Patrick Stewart as Shakespeare and not all that endearing, as I recall. There was a great scene in a pub with Ben Johnson, I think (Richard McCabe, the reviews tell me). I vaguely think we saw Shakespeare dying alone because his wife and daughter were too scared to attend him (?) but I don't recall being much moved by his plight. Vaguer recollections include being much more moved by the plight of a young, itinerant, mentally disturbed woman who was executed, showing the brutality of the times quite forcefully.
I have a very clear recollection of Brian's parking ticket - not the only one to have increased the cost of a night's theatre visit! I also recall good tapas and a man playing guitar on the false roof of the ladies toilets, who had to use a step-ladder to descend for breaks.
