"And you all know security
Is mortals chiefest enemy" (Macbeth, Act 3, Sc.5)

On the train....

Two people are talking about a production of Coriolanus.

Passenger 1: So you saw the RSC production in Stratford 30 years ago?
Passenger 2: Yes. I just happened to be passing through when I saw the poster.
Passenger 1: You were lucky to get a ticket.
Passenger 2: Probably yes, but it was a matinee. Still it was packed.
Passenger 1: Do you remember the actor who played Coriolanus?
Passenger 2: Coriolanus? Hmmm..

(Passenger 3 in the seat in front turns and interrupts)

Passenger 3: Can't you people stop talking about this bloody virus?
Passenger 1: We aren't talking about a virus.
Passenger 3: I heard you talking about the coronavirus.
Passenger 2: We are talking about a play called Coriolanus. It is not even close.
Passenger 3: I know what I heard.
Passenger 1: Oh, that's right. It's an early, lesser-known play by Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Coronavirus.
Passenger 2: But it's only in four acts, right?
Passenger 3: What are you talking about?
Passenger 1: Everyone is dead by Act 5!

(Confused and muttering darkly to himself, passenger 3 turns back around)

Passenger 2: Remarkably prescient of The Bard, don't you think?



Oh, the times we live in!