While many people at OHS traveled all over North Carolina during the summer, Jared Taylor, the OHS drama teacher, went all the way to London, England, to take classes at the Globe Theater. While he was there, he explored the city as well as the countryside of neighboring Scotland. While he was excited about traveling, the journey wasn't exactly quick. “It was about a 7 or 8 hour flight there but there’s a 5 hour time change from leaving Boston to London,” Taylor said. However, the rewards were great. “The classes lasted, altogether, a total of three and a half weeks,” he said.
He enjoyed the tourist spots in London, where he saw all the attractions from Big Ben to the Buckingham Palace and the switching of the front guards, and he liked being able to see the Globe Theater and perform on the stage. “Actually getting to perform on the Globe Theater stage, as a performer, was the most enjoyable moment while being there,” Taylor says when asked what he had enjoyed the most about his trip.
The Globe Theater was owned by actors in 1599 and was rebuilt after it was burnt down in a fire in
June 1613. The design of the Globe Theater is combined with practical use and economy. William Shakespeare and other performers at that time used the Globe Theater before it was burnt down. The history of the theater attracts many performers to the stage each year. Taylor also went to Scotland and enjoyed seeing those sights. Overall Taylor says, “I enjoyed the trip a lot.” Next summer there is no telling where he will go or what he will see to make the summer more fun.
0 comments