“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” ―Stendhal

A great playwright said that we are all players on the stage of the world. That was before the Globe closed.

“That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.”

―Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Yet for the keen player, even while sitting at home, the house is standing room only.

“When you’re on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn’t exactly a sound – it’s a hum, like the streets.”

―Keith Jarrett

From the best seat in the house, a player who suspends disbelief in the show going on, gives hope to the Globe’s reopening.

“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.”

―Tom Robbins