George: The importance of honest evenings
What do you think a play called “A School for Greybeards or The Mourning Bride” could be about?
It could literally be about a school for people with beards that are grey. Or it could be a metaphor somehow. Or maybe it’s about a night college for retired pirates who have reclaimed their lives after heckling the seas for six decades and try to win the affection of a sad widow whose husband they murdered for doubloons?
Well, as it turns out, it is a late eighteenth century British play that chronicles the mishaps of four Dons, three Donnas, two maids, and a whole lotta...
