Tag Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in May

The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846) by Sir Joseph Paton Hoping that you enjoy looking at this painting by Sir Joseph Paton, I’m rushing for a London train. The picture is a glorified theatrical crowd scene,  somewhat over-crowded perhaps,…

Wherefore art though Mark Knopfler?

I was going to write something irritating about Romeo and Juliet, you remember those annoying teenagers who just couldn’t keep things together, but I couldn’t bring myself to say anything cynical about them on the day that I’m writing a…