Shakespeare’s Globe, London (rebuilt 1997) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
We interrupt our scheduled post to bring you this breaking news:
The Globe rocks.
Before we went to London, the Hub phoned the Globe on the QT and asked them, as it was my fiftieth birthday treat, if they would arrange for the cast to sign my pre-paid-for Macbeth programme.
The Globe said it would see what it could do.
I used my voucher to collect my programme in the shop instead of the box office, not knowing about the Hub’s request.
The Hub asked me about my programme when I got home: cue sadness all round when the plot was discovered to have gone awry.
The Globe, being the Best Theatre In The World, wasn’t having that and, without a word from us, popped the programme in the post. It arrived this morning.
The Globe really does rock. And so does the Hub.
Click on the photos to see close ups.
The Laughing Housewife 
WOW! Kudos to the Globe and also to Hubs! 😉
And a belated happy birthday too! 😀 Glad you had a blast!!
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Thanks! Aren’t they great?
But it’s not belated – it’s at the end of September. This was an early birthday treat 🙂
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ah doh! I wish I could read properly LOL
Funny though, my birthday is also in September (first week) and I had a semi-surprise present last week. I just realised the coincidence 🙂
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😀
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That’s fantastic! Fair play to them. (They’re clearly not southerners then ;-))
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😀
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This was awesome for them to do. And the Hub gets multitudinous atta-boys for this thoughtful idea. If he’s anything like me, he will need them all in the future.
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How wonderful! Thoughtful of your Hub …. and so kind of the Globe. A special birthday treat.
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What a lovely gesture & so glad they followed through! And what can I say about Hubs? So thoughtful, all the little gestures to make your trip so special! Awwwwww . . .
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How absolutely wonderful. 🙂
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These poorly paid actors and actresses now have another job to do – signatures for birthday requests. It’s just so not fair on them.
Now you’ve set the trend……
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Aw that’s so nice. I have a wee tear in my eye now… 🙂
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Super!
“Things won are done
joy’s soul lies in the doing.”
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What a lovely thought of the Hub’s, and what kind people there are at the Globe. Wonderful.
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Yaay! Thoughtful people.
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Wonderful. And how wonderful Spud could see Macbeth up close. Dianne
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I am playing catch-up and read all your posts in one go. That sounded like a wonderful 50th Birthday treat. Well done Hub. Glad it all went so well.
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What a wonderful birthday experience and this must have been the cherry on top! 🙂
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What a great experience. We have an Old Globe theater in San Diego too. It’s probably a lot smaller than yours.
http://www.performingartsarchive.com/Theatres/Theatres-O/Old-Globe-Theatre_San-Diego/Old-Globe-Theatre_San-Diego.htm
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Oh wow! That’s amazing!
It looks just as big. Have you ever been?
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I went there once. They have Shakespeare plays mostly in the summer, I think. It’s outdoors so it works well in San Diego. The also have an indoor theater next to it for the “cold” and wet months.
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The London Globe is busy building an indoor theatre as well.
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