Much Ado About Nothing

Well, last night I attended my first Shakespearean play, presented by the Patrick Henry College students in Purcelville, Virginia. Aside from being incredibly amused by the actors' seeming inability to suppress half-cracked smiles that may or may not have been part of the performance, I was very impressed with the quality of the presentation. It's interesting that such passive pleasure as I experienced could be derived from much ado about nothing. Or, for that matter, that such gleefulness as was exhibited all around last night could be derived from such tragedy. Ahh, the perverse society we live in!