Last night, C., L., A. and I went to a production of Shakespeare by the Sea. Embarassingly, even though that company has been in existence for over a decade, this was the first time I'd seen one of their plays. We saw one of Shakespeare's lesser-known comedies, All's Well That Ends Well, and it was quite good. It was staged at the Cambridge Battery down at Point Pleasant Park, which made for a really effective backdrop.
We all decided we'd try to arrive a bit early, and have a picnic supper. I hauled out the lovely posh English wicker picnic basket we received as a wedding gift (and which we'd never used), and loaded it up with salads, cheese, bread and fruit, as well as two thermoses of white wine for clandestine sipping. We were the only picnickers in the audience, which caught the attention of the actors. During the interval, a couple of them mooched cheese and fruit off us, then made merry with my cheese knife for a bit. ("Look, it's the world's smallest butcher knife!" *cackles insanely and mimes chopping someone's head off*)
A very good evening, all in all. I think it should definitely become an annual event!
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