Lord Chamberlain's Men

Yesterday I had quite an exhausting day! I went all over the Inns of court, which were extremely cool, our teacher Gregg showed us around all of the old Inns that all the people in the Elizabethan era stayed when they were going to see the queen. It was so cool. They were among the oldest Elizabethan buildings in London. They were amazing.

My favorite was the room in Gray's Inn where Shakespeare's company first performed 12th night. Ever. The room was exactly the same as it was back then, and i swear, I felt the energy! It was unbelievable to know that THAT was the place that Twelfth night was first played. I saw it recently at the Pearl Theater in NY with Anthony, and it was such an amazing play. I can't believe I was there. How beautiful is that, can't you just see the ghosts of Shakespeare's company! So weird, right It was unbelievable to be there.

After walking for around three hours (UGHH) me and Jessie wanted to catch a tube to Westminster Abbey to go to Evensong. Its basically a short evening mass with an amazing choir. And, the best part-- free admission into Westminster Abbey. So, we got there and we actually got to go INSIDE!! It was unbelievably breathtaking. Accompanied by the choir singing in Latin, it was just heavenly. So spiritual. And plus we were so tired from walking, there was nowhere I'd rather sit and relax.

After that, me and Jessie went back to Waterloo and got ourselves a little picnic in Marks and Spencer, we got all sorts of goodies, a mini bottle of wine, and we sat on a bench by the Thames on the Southbank of London and ate and talked about Literature (she's an English major too) We had such a great time, I'd say that had to be one of my favorite parts of the night, especially after you hear what happened next!

Now, this is a disclaimer regarding Troilus and Cressida: it is possibly the most pointless, confusing works of art Shakespeare ever created. Underdeveloped characters, unresolved conflict, no hero, no heroine, no basic plot, nothing stronger than appetite imagery and disease imagery. Intolerable.

We attempted to see this at the globe last night... unfortunatley it wasn't as half as successful as the first one. As you might know, the ceiling is open in like an arena type thing, so it lets the sunlight in. Also, it lets the bad things in, like RAIN. And you could guess on a blustery night, what happened during the performance of Shakespeare's worst play ever written ( Sorry Bill) it rained!!! Ughh, me and Jessie ran at intermission into the gift shop. We were miserable, without a coat, we had an umbrella but we werent allowed to have them in the theater. For obvious reasons. Anyway, regretfully (not really) we left and caught a 10:00 train. It would have run so much longer had we stayed, and we were soaked and exhausted for walking for close to 4 hours... UGHHH! So we were ultimatley happy with our decision. :(

More pics of the Inns of Court