My Sunday Date with Christopher Plummer

This past weekend my husband and I went to Stratford to see the Tempest - and Christopher Plummer!

We made a day of it, since Stratford is such a lovely old Victorian town. 

There was window shopping,

and a lovely pasta lunch at Fellini's,

and flowers to admire,

and more flowers to admire,

and still more flowers to admire in the gorgeous gardens around the Festival Theatre.  All the flowers are ones that are mentioned in Shakespeare's works.

Will Shakespeare was there,

as was Christopher Plummer -

yep he was there larger than life.

Christopher Plummer (best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music) played an amazing Prospero to a sold-out audience.  His pacing was perfect - so controlled and clear.  The audience went crazy at the end with applause, and standing ovations, and loud bravos.

 

He signed copies of his memoir in the lobby after the performance.

He apologized for making us wait while he got all the slop off his face.  He also wanted to know if we had all bought copies of his book so he would be able to eat for the next month - isn't he the funny one!  We weren't the only ones waiting in the lobby to see him.

It was another lovely day in Stratford.

O brave new world, That has such people in't!