Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 Bill Clough <billclough042541 at gmail.com>wrote: >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 <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/The+Seagull_+Houston+Grand+Opera_March_+1974+___+01459.jpg.html> >?Bill ======================================================================================================== I love the shot. All your retros are so good. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt