Measure for Measure
Categorised as a "comedy", but it doesn't read like it.
Hypocrisy, indecent proposals, executions - it's all here. I liked it; it deals with a central contemporary issue: authority which condemns the acts of others whilst committing its own, equal, sins. Reminds me of someone...

Luna has been rehomed to the Farm Animal Rescue Sanctuary to be with other chickens, and she is living her best life

The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Well, this seems to have been written in a hurry, and the humour is very broad and frequently dependent upon a knowledge of archaic English words, matters and attitudes. Falstaff is purely a figure to be mocked. Seems a bit of an outlier so far!

Well, other than allowing me to write this post, Blue-sky won't allow me to interact with anything anyone else posts! So that's it for Blue-sky for now!

Today, I finished reading "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". A very early Shakespeare play, possibly the earliest. An easy read (relatively), and it even made me smile.
Overall conclusion: Love Island vibes. Silly young men being silly.

Twelfth Night at the RSC with Julie, Steve and Elaine.

A walk in the hills, with the sun revealing ridge and furrow field patterns that could easily be 500 years old.

Reading the RSC "Complete Works of Shakespeare". It's 2500 pages, as he was a busy boy. Lots of helpful footnotes to explain some of the more archaic words and phrases. I'm planning on 10 pages a day. First up is "The Tempest", which was his last play, confusingly enough.

The aftermath...

Happy day picking mistletoe at Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Today's "Christmas" tunes on the car radio:
"2000 Miles" by the Pretenders
"Driving Home For Christmas" by Chris Rea

Not bad, really. Still no Jonah Lewie thank God.

I drank too much on Wednesday night.

Ironing almost finished.
#nobodyknowsthetroublesiveseen

#winningatbreakfast.