It’s been years since I’ve been to an actual theater — many years. Maybe that’s because some of my visits didn’t exactly turn out to be great successes. I remember one in particular, back in 2008.

I was working in London at the time as an intern for a major company. My duties included corporate hospitality — things like gifting Champions League Final tickets or seats near the finish line at the Tour de France in Paris to managers who were close to signing contracts with the company I worked for. It also included managing the company’s corporate membership at Wyndham’s Theatre.

Meanwhile, my Shakespeare-loving future wife, Harriet, was studying in Glasgow. When she came down to London for a weekend visit, I surprised her with tickets for us to see Hamlet at Wyndham’s — with Jude Law in th

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