The bard & the plague

Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that the Globe Theatre in London  — one of the most popular destinations for the performances of William Shakespeare’s plays — could bring down the curtain if the UK government did not inject $7 million to make up for the losses it has suffered because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Globe, in the fashionable South Bank of the Thames, is a meticulous reproduction in oak of the original playhouse where most Shakespeare’s plays were first performed, and was burned down in 1613. The current theatre, which was conceptualised by American actor and director

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