Sense and Sensibility was silly. The novel was turned into a drawing room comedy, which was not what we expected. It was loud, raucous, and foolish. Instead of being an early 19th century book of manners, it almost turned into a farce.
The second, though, the Book of Will, was a tour de force. Well-acted, well-plotted and delightful, perhaps just historical fiction, but good fiction. We thoroughly enjoyed it, entranced by the word play and actions of Shakespeare's friends in attempting to save his work by publishing it in a complete volume. Many aspects of the play were quite moving.
In the morning, we had a donor coffee hour with two actors from the company. One is a newbie, William Thomas Hodgson, who will be playing Romeo when it opens next week. He was interviewed by a woman we had seen before in the Wiz a couple of years ago, whom we remembered as being target of a hate crime due to race. Fortunately she is still with the company and doing well.
We had a fine dinner, too, at Amuse, one of our favorite places. Veal sweetbreads, game hens, lightly smoked filet of trout for Ben and a Cowhorn grenache followed by a superb Meeder cabernet.
We are also returning to Oregon next year, which is something to look forward to.
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