Shakespeare

I enjoy theater. I have seen more plays than most people but I recently realized (thanks to my girlfriend) that I had only ever seen one live performance of a Shakespeare play, and that was a high school production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. I am now seeking to remedy this failing. Last night I saw King Lear at the Def West theater in North Hollywood. It was quite a play. Plenty of death despair plotting and madness. I really enjoyed the play and the company (my girlfriend and her close friend from work). I have been to numerous plays with them (and sometimes my girlfriend's parents) and look forward to many more in the future.

Coming up are Love's Labor Lost, and A Winter's Tale in two weeks. After that there is Othello at Griffith Park and who knows what else.

There are reasons that Shakespeare is still performed and talked about all these years later and I am finally discovering them for myself.