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Today we celebrated Shakespeare's anniversary by going to the Folder to watch the Reduced Shakespeare Company perform William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play(Abridged). En route, I refreshed Twitter like mad waiting for the announcement of the new Doctor Who companion, though when I told my mom what play Pearl Mackie is currently performing in, she actually recognized it, though she spoke disparagingly of the book it's based on as offensive to autistic people(of course, the play might be better about that). William Shakespeare's Long-Lost First Play(Abridged) was a laugh-a-minute affair that mixed characters, speeches, Disney, other modern references, and anything else that might amuse in a madcap piece where incoherency was just part of the humour; the tempest just before intermission was so funny I was still shaking with laughter five minutes after it ended. On the way home I showed mom Patrick Stewart's B Soliloquy from Sesame Street.
We shall be wandering further afield than any of that before the year's over, though. My mother will be presenting a paper at Chawton in October, so we'll be flying there, and spending a few days in London as well. We've booked cheaper hotels than the ones we stayed in last fall, and plan to book tickets to events in advance as well, which will make things less stressful. I may also buy some new warm tops; October's a cold time to be going.