“A team from the Museum of London found the remains of the theatre in Shoreditch last summer. Built in 1576, it is thought the Bard acted there and that it also hosted the premiere of Romeo and Juliet.”
Tag: 03.09.09
David Foster Wallace’s Too-Finite Quest
“‘The Pale King,’ the name Wallace gave to the novel that, had he finished it, would have been his third … continues Wallace’s preoccupation with mindfulness. It is about being in the moment and paying attention to the things that matter, and centers on a group of several dozen I.R.S. agents working in the Midwest.” An excerpt from it accompanies D.T. Max’s lengthy piece on the author, who killed himself last September.