By Brandon Christopher     There’s an image near the end of the last issue of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comic book series that features Shakespeare, alone in his study in Stratford, toiling away with his quill as he struggles to write The Tempest. It’s a familiar image: the author-as-genius struggling in isolation to capture his elusive muse, allowing it to speak through him as he writes. In this vision of authorship, the work emerges fully formed from the author’s pen, a perfect gem he (and it is almost always he) bestows upon the world.   It’s a familiar image, for
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“We are born to do benefits…” (William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens)   We hope you are keeping well, and that you’re surrounded by love! It’s been a tricky couple of years, but live theatre is back! And seeing you this last season was a truly restorative experience. Shakespeare in the Ruins, like many Arts organizations, is going through a delicate moment right now. This challenging crisis continues to force theatres around the globe to cancel performances periodically. Our fight right now is to remain sustainable in a very unstable sector; a sector that is going through transformative changes. Our deepest wish
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