The ending of Drood was surprisingly emotional for a show that wraps everything in the artifice of the music hall. It ends with a resurrected Drood singing The Writing on the Wall with its lyrics, "Try to live forever/And give up never." It was filmed outdoors in a sunny, park-like setting, and as Drood was belting out the song, the actress was joined behind her by the chorus for real, all in costume and in black masks and maintaining their social distance. It was a very affecting moment. What a bloody marvel we survive.
