I think there’s a theory Cordelia and the fool used to be doubled

I think the fool randomly disappearing is something you can give meaning to but isn’t intrinsically a masterstroke, Lear killing him is.. okay to try on and see how it fits

in the early Michelle Terry ere the Globe dabble with directorless plays and they were horrible, just a series of disjointed turns. So I wonder how coherent Elizabethan Shakespeare really was

to be fair I think the likely main issue is that a play with no director was simply relatively shit, it’s like how the Beatles were basically mostly terrible live

didnmt think it was a great production overall but I thought the fool killing had its genuine merits

yeah! That’s why they broke up I think. Just really… interesting the idea of reforming your old band when it was an important but hardly lengthy part of your life and you don’t even work in that field now

(they are the perfect example of a band who did one great record as kids then moved on)

yeah i know arguably burying the lede there

i mean I appreciate they are performing art that they made not doing a shift at Starbucks but there’s surely an ELEMENT of that

yeah! that was so bleak. I think the first one was an odd blend of WTF, raw adrenaline, the nation pulling together a bit and lovely weather; two they didn’t close the schools and there was bit of a 'last push to a great Christmas' vibe; three (especially Jan > March) was just total despondency

I liked the second lockdown! the best one! 2 > 1 > 3

ha fair enough – I think it was nice to have a purely theatrical gesture in what otherwise largely felt like a screenplay plonked on stage

Billy Crudup is excellent, Denise Gough is great but if feels like they’re kind of having to find stuff for her to do to justify her presence, top marks for the all the Springsteen songs

well quite! and also probably obvious reason why we don’t quote Chekhov and Ibsen so much