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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."
According to Paragraph 1, Van Badham was______.
选项
A、unusual about remarking on "Mirror Teeth"
B、lenient with the plays performed in her bar
C、fond of offering opinions like her workmates
D、in favour of the theme of the new play
答案
A
解析
本题是细节题,要求考生可以从第一段提到Van Badham的地方理解她不同寻常之处:即Van Badham对新剧提出了一针见血的看法,令人难忘。关键点:...the bartender Van Badham was memorably on point about the new play…。
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