Today is opening night for the school play of Sherlock Holmes, in which I'm the title character. Perhaps this is misleading, as the actual first performance is in the afternoon. Indeed I just got back from a "practice" performance in front of some of the schools grade seven and eight population. I've now been in three of these performances. The other two first runs have been terrible. Today, on the other hand... went surprisingly well!
Most people remembered their lines, the lighting and sound was on cue. I was relieved when I didn't forget a single line, and nobody else in my scenes butchered it. I felt in character, I only skipped someone else's lines once with no harm done, and the audience even had a bit of a soul. In other words, as far as opening nights go it was a great success!
Now, I must start my preparations for the next play tonight. It'll be a long day, for sure; I just made it home fifteen minutes ago making it just past 3:30. Now I have plenty of time to finish this post, eat, study for a french test that I hope to get at least a 70% on when in other subjects I have come to expect 90%'s regularly, rest, and then get back to school by 5:00 to prepare for the next performance at 7:00. I'm sure I'll then have plenty of energy to study some more when I get home at 9:20, despite having just performed in another two hour show.
Please forgive me as I cut this post off prematurely. This will be the grim reality for the next few nights, as the play continues on. Sigh.
Wish my plenty of leg-breaking, and I'll see you friday.
-Mark
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