There is nothing like an early morning movement class on The Globe stage and watching the sun rise over the thatch roof. It is so peaceful one can almost forget that they are in the midst of peak hour traffic in London.

We were working with archetypes. There are 4 different archetypes which, in my understanding, are used as general characteristics of human nature. They can therfore help an actor embody the characteristic. Each archetypes, the King, the Soldier, the Fool and the Lover have a different freeze and action. In the stillness of the morning, and the energy on the stage it was very unreal to be marching across the stage like a Soldier, yet strangely wonderful.

For the rest of the day we were out and about in London exploring Shakespeare’s image. There are statues, paintings, and signs in many different places. We hunted down museums, cathedrals, pubs and public squares to see the differeft ways Shakespeare is represented. My favourite was the statue of Shakespeare in the Southwark Cathedral. The cathedral is very close to where Shakespeare would have been hanging out several hundred years ago. It is also one of the few in which Shakespeare is reclining, and above him is a beautiful stained glass window which depicts a range of characters and scenes from his plays.

After tramping around London for 6 hours I was exhausted. Luckily enough I had the night off… to learn lines.