Our first stop was in Stratford, Ontario. I had never heard of Stratford but as I walked in to the big boss's office to say my farewells, he had a copy of the Stratford Festival tourist guide sitting on his desk. He gave it to me (I left on good terms) and off we ventured.
We stayed in London, ON the first night and drove to Stratford on Sunday. We discovered from this guide that the plays were not shown on Mondays. The guide also noted that the main theater there is considered the second greatest English language theater in the world. Who'd have thought it?
Our choices for the first play to see were limited to just a few. We didn't really care for the Oscar Wilde tributes and Glenda didn't want me to watch Hamlet. She says it makes me too depressed. So we went to Hamlet. (Hehehe).
Wow! I have seen a couple of different versions of Hamlet performed and without a doubt, this is the best I have ever seen. The man who played Hamlet did an outstanding job. I was very impressed.
The next day being a day when the plays were all closed, we went on to Niagara Falls (we'll come back to that). We came back to Stratford on Tuesday to partake of more live entertainment.
We chose to see a few thousand year-old play by Euripedes called Medea. It's about the wife of Jason (of the Argonauts fame. Jason decides to leave her for the King's daughter and she decides to get revenge in any way possible. In the end, she hates him more than she loves her own sons and murders them to break his heart.
Again, Wow! The actress did a phenomenal job. Quite an impressive performance.

We had time for one final performance and chose Tartuffe. We felt it was an OK play but better suited I think to 18th century French contemporaries than to today.
For our final night there, we stayed at a Bed and Breakfast for the first time. It was much friendlier and cozy than a hotel but Glenda didn't like the noise outside the windows. I was fine sleeping through the sounds of the Canadian outdoors.
Niagara Falls