Times have changed in the theatre too

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We travelled to a nearby city yesterday and attended a play last night in their state-of-the-art theatre. They called it a ‘spectacular fusion of theatre and cinema’ which was a pretty true statement. The setting was the World War I and the screen was used as background for the bombing and pastoral scenes. It was very well done and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Three actors took the parts of over 20 people, some of whom only had a few words to say. The actors didn’t leave the stage at all. When they needed to ‘change hats’, they crouched quietly at the sides and changed the very basic props as they needed to. None of this fazed the audience but how different from years ago when the curtain was pulled between acts and scenes, and props were as authentic as you could make them. The photo is of my uncle who was in the Navy during World War I but was invalided out with sea-sickness.