Do You Speak English? III. [antikvár]

TWO SBATS IN THB CIBCLEI XVI. DID you KHOW? 1.Most theatres in London do not have ti.eir own company, but employ the actors and actresses for each production. 2.In the provinces aost of the theatres are run by reperatory groups, so the players get the chance to act in a wide rangé of roles. 3.then a perforaance is fully booked,there is stlll a chance of seeing the play by queulng for the gallery or standing room. Tou can alsó queue for "returns", the tickets which have been returned and are re-sold 30 ainutes before the curtain. 4.There are five peraanent orchestras in London, and two main concert halls, the Festival Hall and tiie Royal Albert Hall. There are numerous other smaller halls as weil, and in summer music can be heard in many of the parks. 5.A great many towns In tne British Isles organize festivals during the suoaer aonths.The Edinburgh Festival is one of the most faaous. These festivals are a mixture of cultural events and local customs and traditions. 6.A matinéé is usually a perforuiance in the early afternoon. LOOK AT THIS! 1.The flallery is sometiues known as the aods! "We sat up in the gods 2.fe usually say that we are .^oing to the tl>eatre,not a theatre, even if there are lots of them. 3.Once you get there, you are aj. the theatre. "We were at the theatre last night. We saw Hamlet." +. Reaeaber that a PRODUCTION is the entlre organization of a play: the rehearsals, the arrangements, scenery etc. A PBRFORMANCE is either one showing of the play, or the way iri which an actor acts. "We went to the cvenin^ pcrformance of Madame Buttcrfly. Margó Marietta's pcrformance was wonrtnrful ." 5. In American: interiuission (at a play or concert) = interv.il orchestra = stalls incatcr - tliealre (or cinem,i)