After a whirlwind trip to Paris, I am now back in the United Kingdom. Paris is now the most beautiful city I have ever visited. I hope to go there again very soon. The train ride this morning was quite peaceful and pleasant and I arrived back in London with much time to spare. After checking back into the hotel I had previously stayed at, I decided to wander around Hyde Park. After consulting my guide book, I decided to wander to the Free Speech Corner of Hyde Park, which, on Sundays, becomes a place for argument. Citizens bring stools and posters and shout their wisdom out to the interested listeners. It is interesting because anyone can respond, yet, people respect one another. There were a variety of topics but the main one was religion. There was a man who was arguing that Islam was the true religion and another who was shouting that Palestinians have no right to be in Israel because it was God's land that he gave to the Israelites. The tamest topic was a young girl who was shouting that the world needed to focus more on life and less on technology. Needless to say, it was quite interesting. I highly recommend it for anyone coming to London.
Tonight, we have our Welcome dinner for the program and we start class tomorrow. Here is the tentative schedule.
Monday: Class on Much Ado about Nothing and All's Well That Ends Well.
Attend a production of Much Ado about Nothing at Wyndham's Theatre
Tuesday: Tour of Shakespeare's London, The Middle Temple and The Globe
Wednesday: Trip to Hampton Court (hopefully) or the National Gallery of Art
Thursday: Class on Much Ado about Nothing and Richard III
Attend a Production of Richard III at the Old Vic Theatre
Friday: Class on Richard III and Shakespeare's Theatrical Practices
Attend a production of All's Well that End Well at the Globe
Post Performance Discussion
Saturday: Free Day in London (Portobello Road!!!!!!!!!)
Sunday: Travel to Stratford-upon-Avon
Here are some shots from the free speech corner and a small video!
This guy was arguing that the Jews deserve Israel
To this guy, there is only Islam
This woman HATES America
This girl hates technology
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