Macbeth

Today I went to see Macbeth at the Gielgud theatre, starring Patrick Stewart (of X-Men and Star Trek fame).

I would love to say I enjoyed every minute, but if I did, I would be lying. The reason is, I did nod off a few times. Now don't get me wrong, Patrick Stewart was magnificent, simply wonderful. But I've had a busy week at school and then a sleepless night last night, so by mid afternoon I was really very tired. And although they did their best to make the production interesting (and it really was well done, quite modern actually, with some absolutely excellent acting), its just that sitting through 3 hours of Shakespeare in a warm theatre really is quite a tall order.

I was quite embarrassed when I found myself doing that 'head nod' thing, so I tried desperately to prop my head up a bit to stay awake.

I intended to go wash my face a bit in the interval, but the people around me were not moving, and I was kind of trapped in the middle of a narrow row, with not much room to move - so I ended up staying there for the interval - which didn't bode well for the 2nd act. Fortunately the 2nd act was a bit quicker moving than the first, and I only did 1 head nod.

Bit of a shame really, when you consider how much the tickets were... oh well, at least I can say I've seen Patrick Stewart perform live...when I wasn't asleep...