Wednesday, January 25, 2012

My Trip to the Globe Theater


I can hear the chatter of the crowd. I walk alongside my guard, through the theater, out of sight of the commoners. I can see a light ahead. The closer I get, the louder the crowd becomes, louder and louder until I walk out of the tunnel. As soon as I am visible, the crowd becomes silent. Why wouldn't they gasp at the sight of the Queen's closest advisor. I make my way to my enclosed box seat only available to the nobelist of nobels. I sit in my cushion seat and start to converse with my guard William.

"That food was terrible." I say. He promptly agrees.



 "I need to tell the Queen about that pub."



"What do you think she'll do?" he asks.



"I am not sure but something worthy of such a terrible cook! I’ll go see her as soon as this play is over. What play is it anyways?"

“It is Romeo and Juliet,” William answered

“Really? I saw that last time, they both die in the end. Have you seen it?”

“No sir.”

“Well…I guess I just ruined it for you.” I said in a sorrowful tone.

“The show is starting sir.” William informed me

“Well then let us watch!”



The play begins under the clear, peaceful day. I completely understand every aspect of the play because I have already seen it, and for the fact that I have talked to Shakespeare himself about how much I liked it. I can see the actors portraying their characters. I can also the crowd’s responses because my seat is in the middle of the theatre. The show is beautiful with the sun and clouds above the stage. The sounds of the actor’s voices resonate throughout the round building and their acting is flawless.  It was a beautiful play even though I ruined it for William. Then after I went straight to the Queen to tell her about my horrible meal…the cook was then sent to the Tower of London.








1 comment:

  1. Hi Pat,

    Good job on your first blog post! You managed to infuse a great deal of humor into your narrative. Your skillful use of dialogue helped you in this regard. Please make sure that all your posts adhere to the stated length requirements (this one came up a little short). I especially enjoyed your description of the sky above the theatre, as well as the comical/tragic ending of your post.

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