Story for the Day: A New Creation

 There is much art born out of misery. Whether that art is any good, however, is another question-- and whether the new play the Royal Theatre Company puts on will be worth watching must be left to be guessed:

“Is the Royal Theatre open again, Alasdair?” Boudicca asked, her ear catching the end of a theatrical wail warbling across the far field.

Here was a small sigh. “Should I say ‘unfortunately’?”

“Only if you mean it, which I think you must, after hearing the overture of whatever it is they p...