My English professor, to set the scene for how a play we were discussing (a play with very queer themes) was staged back in the 1580s says, “You guys have to imagine that this was staged for a private audience of 20-something year old unmarried men, in a small room, lit only by candlelight, where they’re all very close to each other.”
And I’m like great! Now what if one of them has a cold...













