Author Archives: brownr14

With my own graduation literally a week and a half away, here’s a recap of how I spent when of my penultimate weeks as an undergrad. May 6: We started our first full week in London at a running pace. … Continue reading →

Prior to actually getting the chance to see a play at an outdoor theater, I had never actually considered how it might be different than seeing a play indoors. I figured that they would be essentially the same, only with … Continue reading →

While my previous three spring terms have shown me that the term before summer break flies by, it seems that the rate of the flying quickens when you’re abroad for it. Here’s how week two of Shakespeare in Performance was … Continue reading →

Saturday was our first completely free day outside of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was omnipresent. Having had two jam-packed weeks of everything Shakespeare, a couple of us decided to take the opportunity to explore what London had to offer without Shakespeare … Continue reading →

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s most recent production of Henry IV Part 1, when it wasn’t giving us flashy battle scenes, did a wonderful job of giving us insight into the psyches and motivations of its characters, or at least the … Continue reading →

And with today, my final spring term at Washington & Lee is a quarter of the way through. For those of you not experiencing the whirlwind Shakespeare party that is this term alongside me, here is a quick play-by-play of … Continue reading →

After it was confirmed that I would be spending this spring in the UK, everyone I met was brimming with advice as to what to see, where to go, and what to expect. Perhaps unsurprisingly, if you know me in … Continue reading →