Ballad of a Bandit

Hi Everyone, Last night I got to experience my first play in a small theatre near the center of town. It was all in Czech and I really enjoyed it. I was able to pick out some of the words and phrases-- especially since I just completed an intense two week Czech language course. There was beautiful music and singing in the performance. It was quite funny and at times it didn't matter what language was being spoken. Gestures or funny sounds of a person's voice communicates more than you can imagine!! The theatre was small and parts of the action happened around the audience. The name of the play was called "A Ballad of a Bandit". There was much intrigue and tragedy along with alot of humor interwined throughout the two and half hour performance!

A few interesting observations that made me think this is a Czech culture type of thing--1st as Elisha and I walked downstairs for intermission a few young ladies held trays with nice mugs (not paper or plastic cups) of coffee or tea for us to drink for free and 2nd at the end of the performance the audience clapped and clapped (no one yelled or whistled) but did I mention the audience clapped-- I mean they kept clapping which caused the actors to come out for curtain calls. I have never seen so many curtain calls. By the way no one stood up to give a standing ovation instead from my point of view all of the continual clapping was like a standing ovation!! It was quite interesting to observe and went on for quite a while.

Thought you'd like to hear about my first theatre experience!
Take Care until next time!
Blessings,
Colleen