Master and Commander with Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. Bettany is fantastic as Dr. Stephen Maturin, the ship's physician.
We made it home around 11 PM only to find that someone had hit our mailbox, breaking the post upon which it was sitting, and then leaning the damamged mailbox against the gate. According to the US Postal Service's web site, postal workers will not leave mail in the box until it is repaired so I contacted our Poperty Manager the next morning. One of us gets to trek to the main postal station to pick up the mail until it's fixed.
Guess who that's going to be? Saturday, I managed to read 150 pages of before we had to leave for the theater. I had no problems getting the tickets on Friday.
In fact, I was surprised that I was able to get two tickets together on such short notice. The play was titled , written by Ted Tally, who wrote the screenplay for The Silence of the Lambs It is based upon Robert Scott's ill-fated expedition to be the first men to reach the South Pole. They lose to a team from Norway, but never make it back home.
The actors portraying Scott and his team were excellent and really made the audience feel as though they were with the team. Two other characters, Scott's wife Kathleen, and the leader of the Norwegian team, could have been better written. Only two-thirds of he seats were filled, with the crowd consisting mostly of couples over 55 years.
I didn't think the subject matter would suit their tastes, and, sure enough, many left during the intermission. For those who remained, we were treated to some fine acting and storytelling. I enjoyed it, though not as much as Sean.
What really gripes me, though, is the audacity many in the audience to leave during the curtain call. All the house lights were up, the actors walking onto the stage to receive some well-deserved applause, and so-called "patrons" were already donning their coats and ambling up the aisles. I felt bad for the actors.
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