Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don?t know that opera -will check- but this is a damn fine picture Bill ! And, of course, I loved he story. Amities Philippe > Le 31 mars 2020 ? 18:00, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > In 1974, the Houston Grand Opera premiered ?The Seagull,? based on the > Anton Checkov play. The rehearsal did not go well. At one point, the > libretto called for the sound of a gunshot offstage. The stage hands did > not have a blank gun for the rehearsal, so they simulated the gunshot by > slamming a two-by-four on the stage floor. The director was not happy. > > ?Where?s the gunshot?? he demanded. > > An apologetic stagehand replied, ?We don?t have a gun.? > > ?Well,? the director huffed, ?there certainly was a gun in Dallas!? > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/The+Seagull_+Houston+Grand+Opera_March_+1974+___+01459.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information