Title: The Play's The Thing
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Length: 63 words
Summary: A response to current events
Title taken from Hamlet

The curtains stand closed across the empty stage
The lights are dimmed, the many sounds turned down
No playwright’s words come from a distant age
No costumes needed here for lover, king or clown

Yet once again we shall hear Shakespeare speak
And Chekhov, Stoppard, Williams, Coward too
Cheering audiences return on opening week
And applause rings out for actors and stage crew