The Wife of Willesden

or, Boy Did I Dodge a Bullet!

First things first.

What a great show!

The topic of this post will not be: Should you go see it? Everyone should see it. The lead needs a sitcom or a Simpsons character. I wish I could tune in next week! She was in every minute of that 2 hour show - and she made every moment work. Clare Perkins is a hoot.

The question I will be asking (pretty much every time I write) is: Who should you see it with?

This was a school matinee without any school groups. So, the audience was about half full? Two-thirds? I was kicking myself for not trying harder to get my son’s school there.

The show is based on Chaucer’s wife of Bath, a show I read in 10th grade. Mrs.Bush, the literature half of sophomore Humanities, did love to slow-sashay while she read aloud her favorite lines of the books she chose. 20 years later, her Wife of Bath slow-sashay is the only one I can remember. That was an orange sweater, orange heels, orange earrings (orange hair) outfit day. As opposed to a hot pink sweater, hot pink hee…