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“Okay, so let’s recap. The lead’s got ‘lurgi’, our soprano has a frog in her throat from the same thing, our harpist is having a nervous breakdown..”
“Fifth this week,”
“And thanks to a fight in the school grounds, the tenor has a broken arm.”
“That and the costumes have gone missing, the lighting’s mis-wired, half the backdrops have been accidentally used by the local kindergarten as a mural, and someone’s meticulously disassembled the props.”
“Do we have a show left?”
“We could probably do A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum… in a pinch.”
“Nothing beats impromptu costumes like togas.”
“…is it me, or did we do Forum last year?”
“For the last three years.”
“You know what? Fuck it. We’ll just do a talent show.”
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