I predict a riot
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By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
Macbeth
Did you know that a play can cause a riot?
A riot in New York.
A riot that went down as one of the deadliest in American history
A riot in which at least 22 people were killed, and over 100 were injured.
I studied Macbeth when I retook my English GCSE in 2005, and I had no idea this had happened. And it wasn't the only riot. Another one happened 40 years earlier in Covent Garden, lasting 64 days because of an increase in ticket prices. The Scottish play didn't cause that one, but it was being performed during the opening of a theatre, which lit the fuse, causing the riot to explode.
So how did I find out about these riots? I found out about them, though, in a novel. A novel called The Lincoln Highway. A tale of four young men, on a road trip from Nebraska to California, with a whole host of fascinating characters along the way.
I knew I was in safe hands when I discovered that the novel was by Amor Towles, who had written A Gentleman in Moscow, one of my favourite books. I found this one on Audible when I saw that one of the characters in the book, the straight-talking Sally, was narrated by the same person who narrated My Friends by Fredrick Backman. And Sally does not mess around. I'll leave you intrigued by this challenging line. Well, I'm sorry. But if you ever needed proof that the Bible was written by a man, there you have it.”
To be honest, I was already for this to be my last post, as I've struggled to find motivation for my writing, but the bizarre thing is, I've enjoyed writing this one so much that I've changed my mind.
The only thing is, now I've got to decide what to write about in June...
Until then, may you also find wonderful and unexpected surprises in the books that you read.
Ps. aplogises for the click-bait headline, but I couldn't resist :)
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