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THE PLAY’S march crossword puzzle
THE THING …
From Hear to Their?
FROM HEAR TO THEIR?
Submitted Article DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 They’ve been downloaded
2 Best – just change a letter
14 15 16
3 Zeus’s daughter
4 ‘Allow’ a Latvian in
17 18 19 T 5 Follows soup, for Pierre
6 Barrels of fun
20 21 22 23
7 Author Ferber, et al.
24 25 26 8 He’ll ‘court’ you
By Staff Writer 9 Light-colored beer: Abbr.
27 28 29 30 31 10 Unnoticeably
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11 Building curve
“The play’s the thing wherein I’ll 32 33 34 35 36 12 Unaccompanied one
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catch… I’ll catch …………OH… 13 Irish and Brunswick
GOSH … WHAT WILL I CATCH ???” 37 38 39 40 21 “Yeah, sure!”
The beauty of live theatre is that 22 Leda and the Swan poet
no two performances are the same; 41 42 43 26 Slugger’s stat
each brings its own set of unplanned 44 45 46 27 Promenade dans le ___
‘hiccups’. 28 ‘Spread’ on the table
Let’s start at the beginning: the 47 48 49 50 29 Home of Lake Titicaca
rehearsals are over, the actors are 30 Standards
in place, the house lights dim, the 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 31 From, to the Scots
stage lights come up, and the action 58 59 60 61 33 US army commissaries
34 Court-___ (Grape disease)
starts. Unlike the world of film this 35 Norse god – think weekday
is the beginning of the unpredictable! 62 63 64 36 Progeny
Despite word-perfect rehearsals, things 38 Great Sea sailing ship
happen when an audience is present. 65 66 67 39 Actors Lewis and Molinaro
Audiences are like an actor who has not 42 Alarming letters?
been to rehearsals: they also have their 43 ‘Pool’ for Kelly
own personality, and from performance ACROSS ACROSS 45 Dr’s drink, maybe
to performance, they change. Some 1 Capable son of Adam? 40 Stop!, to a hunting dog 46 Handed down the line
audiences are silent, ghost-like; others 5 Carries out 41 Lectures 47 Diana singer, et al.
have a ‘chuckler’ who brings the rest of 9 Aiken and Underwood 43 Quark binder that ‘sticks’ 48 ___ message (Make clear)
the audience along; and unpredictable 14 A papa, or two 44 Male swans 49 Louise, to George Jefferson
audiences react at the strangest 15 Pakistani language 45 Plunderers 50 Ubiquitous emoji
moments! From the opening lines the 16 Swing 47 ___ as an owl 53 Globes
production crew and the actors are on 17 Over and out 50 It’s been observed 54 Brewer’s word
tenterhooks as they try to determine 18 Fonda her aka, Hanoi ___ 51 Turnip 55 Even: Comb. form
what kind of audience has shown up 19 En masse 52 Accompaniment 56 Explosive word
for that performance. 20 Unmoving 58 Genuflected 57 Square-___ (Strait-laced)
23 Ball of yarn – need a hint?
59 General’s chicken
60 Live with! co-star Kelly
Eventually, the final bows happen; 24 Porky nemesis 61 From which: Latin
and along the way there were perhaps 25 Associated with trials 62 ‘Adds’ up to wood shapers Same sound, different word
missed lines, or missed cues, or ad libs 27 Pyrotechnical devices 63 Exuded If you’ve heard a bad pun lately, it
to cover for missed lines and cues, and 31 Anthony Forte, to fans 64 Gospel writer and physician might have involved a homophone.
in some cases, what appears to be a 32 Signal 65 The power to act * His death, happened in his berth
brand new scene as the actors and crew 33 Clinical line up? 66 Scorch * They went and told the sexton,
try to recover from the ‘hiccup’ without 37 “Umbrella” singer, briefly 67 Even for Steven and the sexton tolled the bell
the audience realizing the error. 38 Roof trimmers * Four candles vs. fork handles
This set of articles will give insight * Let’s ‘top it all off’ with that old
on favourite performances and some of favourite, I scream for ice cream
the ‘hiccups’ or slips not caught … we Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Solutions on page 44
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
hope …
