aunt

You should really be familiar with Auntie! She's so cute! Yeah, that means her cuteness is not the kind of cuteness people usually understand.

She is sweet and rough, with her own unique and interesting qualities. If someone wants to chat about something and find someone to have fun with, then she can be the object of people's conversation and laughter. She can be included in the play for a simple reason, because she lives in this world for the theater and everything related to the theater. She is a very charitable person, but her agent Fabre, whom Auntie calls' Dog Son ① ', says she is a theater fan. The theater is my school, "she said. Every character who has probably been on the field before. She was only truly alive during the nine months when the drama was staged. If there are no performances in the theater during the summer, it will make her grow old, and a performance that lasts until after midnight will prolong her life. She didn't say like others, "Spring has arrived, the storks have returned!" "The newspaper said the first batch of strawberries are on the market." She announced the arrival of autumn like this: "Did you see the theater pre-sale all year round box tickets again? The performance has begun
She measured the cost and location of a house based on its distance from the theater. It was a sad thing for her to move from the small street behind the theater to the street slightly farther away from the theater and without anyone on the other side.
At home, my window should be my private room in the theater! You can't always sit and think about your own affairs, you have to take a look at people. But now I feel like I've moved to the countryside. If I want to see people, I have to go into the kitchen, climb on the sink, so that I can see the neighbors across the street. But when I lived on that small street, I could directly see the home of the hemp seller, and it only took three steps to get to the theater. But now, I have to take three thousand big steps
Auntie also gets sick sometimes, but no matter how sick she is, she won't neglect drama. One day, her doctor instructed her to apply some old hair extensions on her feet at night. She followed his instructions, but instead hired a car to go to the theater and sat there watching the show with her hair extensions on her feet. If she had passed away there, she would have felt very happy. Cao Walsen died in the theater, which she called a 'happy death'.
If there were no theaters in heaven, it would be difficult for her to imagine the prosperity of heaven. Of course, no one has promised us, but it is not difficult to imagine that many outstanding male and female actors who passed away should have a place for continuous exercise.
Auntie has a wire that runs from the theater to her house, and every Sunday when she drinks coffee, a telegram comes. Her wire is' Mr. West Watson from the Theater Set Department ', the person in charge of directing prop sets, opening or closing the screen.
From him, she learned beforehand about the simple and concise evaluation of the play to be performed. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" was referred to by him as "a frivolous thing! There are so many things to be moved onto the stage, and water is needed at the beginning of the play!" That is to say, the scene of surging waves has passed. On the contrary, if all five acts of a play use the same room setting, he would say that the play is fair, well written, and a play that allows him to rest, and can be performed automatically without changing the setting.
Earlier, when my aunt referred to it as more than thirty years ago, she and the Mr. Siverson mentioned earlier were still young. At that time, he was already in the theater set department, and she called him her 'enemy'. There is a habit in advance that when performing evening shows in the only grand theater in the city, the audience can also sit on the top of the stage; Each set worker controls one or two positions. That place is often filled with people, all of whom are very respectable. It is said that there is a general's wife and a trade counselor's wife among them. Looking down from behind the scenes, it's interesting to know how the people on stage move and stand when the curtain falls.
Auntie had sat there a few times before, watching tragedies and ballet, because in these performances, when the main character takes the stage, it's most interesting to look down from the top. You sit in a gloomy atmosphere above, with most people bringing dinner. Once, three apples and a buttered bread with sausages fell into the prison of Ugolino - the people in the prison were starving to death. This caused the audience to burst into laughter. The main reason why people were absolutely prohibited from watching on stage after the butter bread with sausage became the theater manager.
But I went there thirty-seven times, "said my aunt," and I will never forget Mr. West Watson
The last evening performance allowed to the audience on stage was' The Judgment of Solomon '. Auntie remembers very clearly. She obtained a ticket for her agent Fabre through her enemy Mr. Siverson, even though he didn't deserve it because he constantly ridiculed the theater and made sarcastic remarks; But now she's getting him to the top of the stage. He wants to 'reverse watch' this play, that's his own words. This sounds a lot like him, "said his aunt.
So he read the Judgment of Solomon from top to bottom and fell asleep; People really thought he had attended a grand dinner and had a few more drinks. He fell asleep and was locked inside, sitting on top of the theater and sleeping through the night. When he woke up, he said so, but his aunt didn't believe him at all: 'The Judgment of Solomon' had already finished, all the lights in the room had gone out, and everyone - those sitting above and below - had dispersed. But then came the real comedy 'finale', which was the most flavorful, "said the agent. All the props have come to life! That verdict was not made by Solomon. No, that was playing 'Judgment Day in the Theater'. Agent Fabre dared to say such words to make Auntie believe, which was a gratitude to Auntie for bringing him to the top of the stage.
Yeah, what the agent said sounds quite ridiculous. But there is a hint of malice and ridicule in his words.
It's very dark up there, "the agent said," but then the great magic performance 'Judgment Day of the Theater' began. The ticket collector stood in front of the door, and every audience member had to show his certificate of conduct to see if he should be empty handed or tied up, wearing a mask or not. People who were late after the performance started, as well as those young people who often couldn't keep up with the time, were tied up outside, with felt insoles under their feet, and they had to wear masks when the next scene started. 'Judgment Day of the Theater' began. 'It's a malicious slander that even God can't imagine!' Aunt said.
If a set painter wants to ascend to heaven, he must climb up the ladder he has painted himself. But no one can climb up such a ladder, which fundamentally violates the principles of perspective. If the set worker wants to go up to the sky, the poor person must put the flowers, trees, and houses that have been placed in the wrong place with great effort into the correct position, and it must be done before the rooster crows. Mr. Faber needs to try if he can go up. The performance lineup he talked about, whether it was comedians, tragedians, opera performers, dancers, were all confused by Mr. Faber - this dog son! He doesn't deserve to sit on the top of the stage, and Auntie doesn't want to keep his words on her lips. But he wrote down everything he said, this dog son! It must be printed after his death, not before his death; He doesn't want to be skinned.
Auntie only felt scared and uneasy once in her happy temple - the theater. It was a winter day, a dark day with only two hours of daylight. There is a cold wind blowing in the sky and snow falling, but Auntie still has to go to the theater. They performed "Hermann von Onna" (12), along with a small opera, a large ballet, an opening and an ending; The performance will last until late at night. Auntie went to the theater and her tenant lent her a pair of snow boots, which were lined with fur both inside and outside; That boot always covered her calf.
She came to the theater and sat in a private room; The boots were warm and she didn't take them off. Suddenly, someone shouted that there was a fire. A curtain was emitting smoke, and smoke was also rising from the top floor; There was a terrifying commotion in the theater. People rushed out in droves; Auntie's private room is the last one, "she said," the best view of the scenery is from the left side of the second floor, "the most brightly decorated scenery is from the royal private room." Auntie was about to run out when the person in front of her accidentally closed the door in panic. Auntie sat there, unable to leave or enter, meaning she couldn't get into the adjacent private room because the central partition was too high. She shouted loudly, but no one heard her voice. She looked down from her floor and saw that it was already empty below. The floor is not high and not far from her; In terror, she suddenly became young and light. She wanted to jump down, with one foot already over the fence and the other foot on the stool; She stood there like riding a horse. She was dressed beautifully in a floral dress, with a long leg hanging outside and huge snow boots on her feet. It was really pleasing to the eye! At this moment, she was discovered and her voice was heard. She was rescued and not trapped inside because the fire in the theater did not start.
This was the most memorable night of her life, and she said it, glad she couldn't see herself, otherwise she would be ashamed and ashamed.
Her enemy, Mr. West Watson from the set department, still visits her every Sunday, but it's a long time from this Sunday to the next. Recently, she found a girl's son at the center of the week to "eat leftovers", which means to enjoy the leftover food from dinner that day. That's a little girl in the ballet troupe, she also needs food. The little guy plays the roles of a little demon and a little servant; The most difficult role to play is the lion's hind legs in "The Magic Flute", but after growing taller, she played the lion's front legs.
She only earns three cents for playing the role of the front leg, but she can earn a silver coin for playing the back leg; However, in that case, she would have to bow down and not be able to breathe fresh air. Auntie thinks it's very interesting to know these things.
She was supposed to have a lifespan as long as a theater, but she didn't survive. She didn't die in the theater, but died of illness in her own bed with dignity and gratitude. Her dying words were very clear. She asked, 'What will they perform tomorrow?'
After her death, she left behind about five hundred silver coins; We calculated it based on the interest of twenty silver coins. Auntie decided to use it to set up a bonus for an honest but unmarried old girl, specifically to book a seat on the left side of the second floor every Saturday every year, because the performance on this day is the best. The only condition for enjoying this bonus is that this person who goes to the theater every Saturday must miss Auntie lying in the grave.
This is my aunt's religious belief.
① The original Danish text for 'dog son' here is
Elab, homophonic with Fabre, is a nickname given by my aunt to Fabre.
② Refers to Rossini's opera 'Moses'.
③ Refers to the opera "Joseph and His Brothers in Egypt" by Duval and Romian.
④ Refers to Skrib's one act play 'The Lugebus'.
⑤ Western theaters have a performance period from early autumn to early summer of the following year, and they have carefully planned their performances during this period. Viewers can pre order tickets for all performances, called full tickets. There are many discounts for purchasing full tickets. In Denmark, the best seats at the Royal Theatre are pre sold to the audience on a full ticket basis.
⑥ The summer theater is closed, but actors can rent the theater at a low price to perform and earn some extra income.
⑦ This is a folk remedy used by Danes in the past to treat fever, headache, and toothache.
⑧ Refer to Note 17 in "The Danish Holger". Cao Walsen died suddenly on March 24, 1844 while watching a performance at the Royal Theatre.
⑨ Shakespeare's masterpiece. But it was not performed at the Royal Danish Theatre during Hans Christian Andersen's time.
⑩ The horror tragedy "Ugolino" written by German playwright Gerdenberg based on the story of Dante's Divine Comedy. There was a Danish translation in 1779, but this play has never been performed at the Royal Danish Theatre.
The three act play by French playwright G é nez has a Danish translation. It was first staged at the Royal Theatre in October 1817.

12. The play by German playwright Schiphol de Braun has a Danish translation. It was first performed at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1800.
    On January 23, 1847, during the performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Theatre, a section of the heating pipe on stage caught fire, but it did not cause much disturbance.
    Mozart's operas.