An actor's life

The prisoner of the tower of London is finally free. The run of Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan) that has been absorbing all my spare hours concluded triumphantly with yesterday’s matinee, set-strike, and cast party, after Saturday performance wherein the leading man fell down the stairs (but landed on his feet AND delivered his line), and the overexcited chorus escaped the chorus-master’s control and beat the orchestra to the end of Act I by 2 full bars. Ah well, that’s what makes it live theatre.