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July 5, 2008
Hey-nonny-nonny!
For our anniversary we dumped the kids on their grandparents (woohoo!) and went to the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern to see Much Ado About Nothing. To build the anticipation, we watched the Kenneth Branaugh movie of the play a few days beforehand. We both agreed that the best part is the montage sequence where Benedick is splashing in the fountain and Beatrice is swinging.
At the Tavern we got the corner seats in the balcony directly across from where we sat when we saw Romeo and Juliet, We dined on shepherd's pie, cornish pasty, a Shakespeare Stout and a Samuel Smith Taddy Porter.
The play was excellent, and many times the whole place was erupting in laughter over the way the actors delivered certain lines and added wry facial expressions. It was the last night of this play's run, so there was an atmosphere of "let's milk all the hilarity we can out of this play." After it was over, they played "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups, a perfect way to send the crowd on their way out of the theatre. A great night!
I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage: but doth not the appetite alter? ...When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
Joanna: The irony of watching a play about a militant bachelor mending his ways with my husband on our anniversary was not lost on me (or Tim). More than once, an elbow in his side pointed out the similarities between Benedick and him.
Jo , Literature , Tim , fun | By Tim and Jo | 5:02 PM
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