I have always thought that football and theatre have a lot in common. Both bring people together in a great communal mass to experience high emotion and learn important lessons for living. Now, when we can no longer gather to watch a sporting spectacle or an hour on the stage, the analogy between these two types of drama seems particularly apt. Yet, true to its creative spirit, after worldwide closure theatre has reacted to fill the vacuum. The National led the way in the UK with a season of Thursday-night live streams, well

Source: The Times April 16, 2020 16:30 UTC