Feel a sickie coming on?
I have had the unexpected pleasure to get sick while being in London. I have a cold/flu bug. It really isn't that bad. This isn't a post to complain about how I don't feel well, more to comment on medication. It is a good thing I am studying theatre as opposed to oh, I don't know, rock climbing, because really I just go into various theatres and watch plays being performed. Not too tough.
First, to Amanda who laughed and scorned when I packed a good deal of my medicine cabinet- I have already gone through my supplies and have had to resort to British medication. The first thing I noticed is that, at least at the places where I shop, there isn't much selection. This is fine because I do often get bogged down by choices. The second thing is that they have much more fun in descriptions. When a cough was bothering me, I had the choice between medicine that treated a 'tickly' cough or 'chesty' cough. It was a hard choice, but I did go for 'chesty.' It didn't really work so I went back to the store where I found some medication that treated my flu like symptoms. Upon opening the carton, a piece of paper fell out.
"This leaflet provides information about your medicice. Please read carefully....Please keep this leaftlet. You may need to read it again."
Since it was so polite, I decided to read it...
It broke down for me what exactly was in my medicine, the various pack sizes I could choose from, blah, blah, then I got to the interesting section-the side effects.The side effects included all of my flu like symptoms in addition, delirium, and various other life threatening effects that you often see on those drug commercials.
That medical tidbit out to satisfy my roommates who were having trouble following my theatrical ramblings.
Other recent highlights:
I have spent a lot of time at the Globe in the last few days. How cool is that? :) Last night I saw a production of Pericles. Now Pericles is a terrible play when you read it and from my research in undergrad, often a terrible play in performance (Disney on Crack was one of my favorite descriptions). The production I saw last night is at the top of my list for favorite productions in London. The director did an amazing job with her concept of the show and making the show make sense. If anyone knows the play (and let me know who you are), the director focused on how Antioch's incest and the guilt Pericles felt for not saving Antioch's daughter continued to haunt him as he searched for other examples of family, and relationships between fathers and daughters. The Gower character served as a guide for Pericles as he retraced his steps a la It's A Wonderful Life style through his life. For those who don't know the play, they used a lot of trapeze artists and it was really cool.
I saw The Winter's Tale this afternoon. That was good too.
On Saturday we did an improv workshop with one of the directors from the Improbable Company.
On Friday night I walked across the Tower Bridge at night and saw the castle all lit up.
Upcoming events:
Tuesday is my History play day at the National. I am going with some friends early in the morning to get tix for Henry IV Part 2, at 11 we are getting a tour of the National, at 2 we are seeing Henry IV Part 1, and then at night seeing Henry IV Part 2. Wednesday we leave for Stratford where I will stay until Saturday.

I hope this finds everyone well. I have gotten two rounds of postcards out and will keep them coming.