6/20: booked

For a minute it seemed too good to be true: the Globe Theatre in London this summer is offering Henry VIII, which is my last unread/unseen Shakespeare play. So I thought: could there be a better way to bring my Shakespeare project to a close?

And then it really was too good to be true: although the Globe Theatre is offering Henry VIII this summer, they're not performing it at all during the 10 days I'll be there.

But: I did reserve a ticket for Anne Boleyn, a new play by Howard Brenton that's having its world premiere at the Globe this summer. I'll be sure to read Henry VIII before I go, and then I'll be able to do a mental comparison and contrast between Shakespeare's view and Brenton's.