We were on holiday in Greece, with a group. When we got to the theatre in Delphi, our guide jokingly said, "Anyone want to put on a play?" So Pellinor and I obligingly stood up and performed a two-man version of the Mummers' Play.
St George had just heroically killed the Turkish Knight, when along came a very angry official woman, shouting in Greek. We were shooed off the stage in disgrace. Apparently, you need a special licence to "perform" there, even if you're just doing a two-man play to your fellow tour companions. (It was early morning, and no other tourists were around to be corrupted by our evil.)
It became a sort of running joke through the holiday - that we were wanted criminals. We said we should be "The show they tried to ban!" on all our publicity.
The good thing, though, was that everyone in our party spent the rest of the week asking us questions about the play, about customs, about Morris dancing etc, so we felt we'd done our little bit to educate people about English folklore. Several people said it was the highlight of the holiday.
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Date: 2005-09-28 09:19 am (UTC)St George had just heroically killed the Turkish Knight, when along came a very angry official woman, shouting in Greek. We were shooed off the stage in disgrace. Apparently, you need a special licence to "perform" there, even if you're just doing a two-man play to your fellow tour companions. (It was early morning, and no other tourists were around to be corrupted by our evil.)
It became a sort of running joke through the holiday - that we were wanted criminals. We said we should be "The show they tried to ban!" on all our publicity.
The good thing, though, was that everyone in our party spent the rest of the week asking us questions about the play, about customs, about Morris dancing etc, so we felt we'd done our little bit to educate people about English folklore. Several people said it was the highlight of the holiday.