Lauren Percivalle, 21, is a UCLA senior and English major from Santa Clarita, Calif. She's traveled to Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Japan, but this is her first trip to England, where she writes she looks forward to "sightseeing the English countryside and being somewhere new."Ohhh yes. The Globe. In the rain. Now that's an experience to call home about. And then talk about again and again thereafter. Because it's hilarious. And sad. But mostly hilarious.
I'll just skip over the minor details and say that upon arrival at that historic, open-roofed theater, the deluge coming from the London sky was a force to be reckoned with. Umbrellas aren't allowed in this magical place — just your own water-resistant clothing and the garbage-bag ponchos (see Karen's photo) they sell to you for £2 (about $3.30).
As You Like It, on it's own, was a great performance — full of humor, wonderful acting, vibrant clothes. For the first hour or so, I didn't mind the pounding rain, or the ever-deepening puddle that surrounded every groundling's feet.
Read on: I'm not lying. That puddle got DEEEEEP.