Just thinking about today’s 30 Days of Shakespeare pick makes me giggle.
I think the only times I’ve been less than enchanted by any production of Pyramus & Thisbe is when they’ve tried to turn it into something besides a disastrous amateur dramatic performance. This is not the time to be using art to explore issues of class disparity in Tudor England. This is the time to laugh immoderately because Snug missed his cue, or Flute’s wig fell off, or Peter Quince had a nervous breakdown. Take your social commentary somewhere else, please, and just let me enjoy this ridiculous, stupid moment.
April 23: Author Talk at Booksweet
If you’re in the Ann Arbor area, stop by Booksweet bookshop at 1pm on April 23 to hear me do a Q&A on Shakespeare adaptations and other fun Shakespeare-related things! Because it’s Shakespeare’s birthday! Details here.