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Bartenders are rarely shy about offering an opinion. But on a recent evening at the Finborough Wine Cafe, in between pours of Be
Bartenders are rarely shy about offering an opinion. But on a recent evening at the Finborough Wine Cafe, in between pours of Be
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2019-06-10
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问题
Bartenders are rarely shy about offering an opinion. But on a recent evening at the Finborough Wine Cafe, in between pours of Beaujolais, the bartender Van Badham was memorably on point about the new play " Mirror Teeth" being performed in an upstairs room: A Christopher-Durang-meets-Caryl-Churchill satire about racism, sex and control in the British family.
Ms. Badham, it was later revealed, doubles as the literary manager for the Finborough Theater, which has been a tenant at the pub since 1980. Neil McPherson, the theater’s artistic director and its only salaried employee, said several company members tended bar to make ends meet, given that they are paid by the theater only if a production turns a profit. No success is too small: He once doled out £ 1.18 to each crew member after one play in the 50-seat theater did a bit better than break even.
" The actors don’t get paid, either, not usually, " Mr. McPherson said, sitting on the snug stage after "Mirror Teeth" had concluded that night. "But if you’ve been stuck in ’Phantom’ for 10 years and you’re about ready to slit your wrists, and you crave doing some proper acting, you can do that here."
Like the storefront theater scene in Chicago, or the outdoor productions in parks, playgrounds and car lots across New York in the summer, pub theaters are a beloved part of the play-making tradition in England, especially London. Their lineage extends to the Restoration, when acting troupes took over empty dining rooms above pubs to perform plays of vulgar material that went well with a pint. Later the Victorian-era music halls — a wildly popular amusement for the working classes — got their start in saloon bars.
Pub theaters proliferated in the 1970s and 1980s with the increase in theater companies of young artists and in-house playwrights wanting to do serious work on shoestring budgets in close proximity to audiences.
" What works in our favor is the intimacy of the experience," said Tim Roseman, who shares the job of artistic director at another pub space, Theater 503, with Paul Robinson. "You genuinely feel you are in the same room as the actors, that you breathe the characters’ air, and this makes for an electrifying experience."
Mr. Robinson added: " It’s impossible to create that intensity when there are 1,000 people watching."
Many people joined the Finborough Theater knowing that______.
选项
A、they should serve drinks as well as act
B、they would get a very limited salary
C、they might work without being paid
D、they must make the business profitable
答案
C
解析
本题是细节题,要求考生理解第二段中唯一有薪水的员工提到许多成员时那句话的意思,即鉴于只有当剧院营利时才可能给员工发工资,几位公司员工为了糊口只好去端盘子谋生。关键点:...several company members tended bar to make ends meet,given that they are paid by the theater only if a production turns a profit…。
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