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To Be Or Not To Be? – Let’s Make Lasagne

Mary Ewald

It’s definitely Surviving Seattle mode these days. Torrential rains. Thick wet slippery leaves. Polar Vortex, 29°F and bright sunshine through the ice cube. Time to shift to the indoor stuff for survival strategies. Film, music, art, and theater are the obvious choices.

Last weekend we took in a local production of Hamlet with a woman, Mary Ewald, in the title role. In the past month we have watched the 4 hour Kenneth Branagh version and the shorter Olivier, but I wasn’t aware that so many women, including Sarah Bernhardt had played the role over the years. read more