We left Oxford this morning and
went to Stratford-upon-Avon, the hometown of William Shakespeare. Once we were
there, we went to the cottage of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife. The gardens
there were really pretty and the house was pretty cool. There’s a bench there
that the tour guide said William and Anne probably sat on while they were
courting. So that’s pretty neat.
Next we got to go to
Shakespeare’s birthplace. It was about the same as Anne Hathaway’s cottage but
still cool. My favorite part about it was the live performances. There were two
actors out back doing scenes from Shakespeare plays, and they were so good! I
watched them do a few scenes, but I could have sat there for hours just
watching them. They performed scenes from A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and
Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, MacBeth, and Much Ado about Nothing.
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| This is them doing A Midsummer Night's Dream |
After we left the birthplace, we
were let go to wander the town. Kylee, Palmer, and I found a bookstore that
sells old, used books. We went inside, and I found a copy of Charles Dickens’s The Chimes from 1886 for four pound
fifty. Of course, I bought it. Thanks to this trip, I’ve got the start of a
good library!
Later that night, my group and I
went to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre to watch Twefth Night. It was so awesome and so funny! I absolutely loved
it. It was set in more modern times—not a specific time period, just more
modern than the 1600s. I loved it. Plus, the guy who played Sebastian was very
attractive, and we quite enjoyed that. Haha.
After the play, we all just went
back to our hotel for bed. But Palmer and I stayed up until two just talking.
That was fun. :) So she was the first one to tell me happy birthday.
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