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I pondered for a moment, looked at my diary, and saw that Aunt Emma was coming to spend Saturday to Wednesday next with us, calculated that if I went I should miss her, and might not see her again for years, and decided that I would go. I PONDERED FOR A MOMENT LOOKED AT MY DIARY AND SAW THAT AUNT EMMA WAS COMING TO SPEND SATURDAY TO WEDNESDAY NEXT WITH US CALCULATED THAT IF I WENT I SHOULD MISS HER AND MIGHT NOT SEE HER AGAIN FOR YEARS AND DECIDED THAT I WOULD GO
because they don't want the Press; they don't think anything of the Press. It is no good writing to the acting manager, because there is no acting manager. It would be a waste of time offering to exhibit bills, because they don't have any bills--not of that sort. If you want to go in to see the show, you've got to pay. If you don't pay, you stop outside; that's their brutal rule." "Dear me," I said, "what a very unpleasant arrangement! And whereabouts is this extraordinary theatre? I don't think I can ever have been inside it." "I don't think you have," he replied; "it is at Ober-Ammergau--first turning on the left after you leave Ober railway-station, fifty miles from Munich." "Um! rather out of the way for a theatre," I said. "I should not have thought an outlying house like that could have afforded to give itself airs." "The house holds seven thousand people," answered my friend B., "and money is turned away at each performance. The first production is on Monday next. Will you come? SE PRETENDING TO THEM THAT YOU ARE ON THE PRESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE PRESS THEY DON'T THINK ANYTHING OF THE PRESS IT IS NO GOOD WRITING TO THE ACTING MANAGER BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACTING MANAGER IT WILL BE A WASTE OF TIME OFFERING TO EXHIBIT BILLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BILLS NOT OF THAT SORT IF YOU WANT TO GO IN TO SEE THE SHOW YOU'VE GOT TO PAY IF YOU DON'T PAY YOU STOP OUTSIDE THAT'S THEIR BRUTAL RULE DEAR ME I SAID WHAT A VERY UNPLEASANT ARRANGEMENT AND WHEREABOUTS IS THIS EXTRAORDINARY THEATRE I DON'T THINK I CAN EVER HAVE BEEN INSIDE IT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE HE REPLIED IT IS AT OBER AMMERGAU FIRST TURNING ON THE LEFT AFTER YOU LEAVE OBER RAILWAY STATION FIFTY MILES FROM MUNICH HUM RATHER OUT OF THE WAY FOR A THEATRE I SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT AN OUTLYING HOUSE LIKE THAT COULD HAVE AFFORDED TO GIVE ITSELF AIRS THE HOUSE HOLDS SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ANSWERED MY FRIEND B AND MONEY IS TURNED AWAY AT EACH PERFORMANCE THE FIRST PRODUCTION IS ON MONDAY NEXT WILL YOU COME
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