Worldcon Report 12: The Globe

by Brenda W. Clough

You know what God could do, if He had money? He could fund a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and stage plays in it. Luckily a batch of jillionaires did this, and on the south bank of the Thames is this astonishing working theater. When it rains the groundlings get wet; in winter there are no shows, and the productions are disturbed by pigeons, passing jet airplanes, the occasional police siren, and other outside noises. And it is SO WONDERFUL! It is like a time machi...