I have accompanied classes to watch 2 different pl...

I have accompanied classes to watch 2 different plays at the Globe. Both times I thoroughly disliked it.

The music in there is amplified but the actors do not have their voices amplified. The moment they turn or move away you stop hearing them. Most of them speak too fast and with little concern for their diction. It's as if they don't care whether we understand them or not.

The vast majority of the people I speak to understand very little of the play. They just say they like the experience. If I go to a play, I want to hear it properly so I can understand it. The actors should have been a lot better - it's the showroom of Shakespeare. We expected better.

Also, three hours standing, with cold and rain - it's London - makes for a miserable time if you ask me. I enjoyed the experience of accompanying my students to something which wasn't part of my subject. But the theatre? It sucks!