We've just had a cultural evening watching the Merchant of Venice in the gardens of Godinton House. Thankfully the rain held off for most of the performance except for the last 30 minutes...At which point I hid under my umbrella and blanket whilst Andy shivered and didn't understand the language I think!
It is a long time since I last saw this play and I really enjoyed this, Shylock was portrayed as Alan Sugar and there were references to the credit crunch and too much reliance on Money and the Banks/money lenders causing most of the problems of the 'normal' people! There was also an Ozzy Osbourne clone yelling for Sharon at one point, he was also dragging a bucket of KFC round in his shopping trolley...and his son (Goddo) was amazingly camp and really hilarious! Even Andy managed the odd chuckle!
There were loads of people there with picnics - 1 set had a huge table absolutely groaning under loads of food and bottles of wine, plus a hoard of kids who were sat on blankets at the front - but had a complete inablility to stay in one place for any length for time, but thankfully they were quieter than their parents! They just kept braying at each other through most of the play...
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