951 Big Names Feast
The thunderous applause continued and endured, hovering and stirring throughout the Almeida Theater, and the grand occasion of the whole audience standing up collectively pushed the raging applause to an incredible high/tide little by little.
Edith clapped her hands vigorously, and before her brain knew it, she had already stood up, carried away, and her mind was agitated, and after a moment of stunned, she realized that her excitement was likely to be exposed to George's radar range, and she quickly and carefully retracted it.
It was only then that she finally truly understood what Arthur meant, "You're going to like it." "It's a simple sentence, but it contains too much.
The figure was hidden behind the curtain of the box, and Edith stole a look.
In the next box, Richard de Vile raised his hands high and placed them on his chest, clapping excitedly and excitedly, while shaking his head in disbelief, every cell in his body was filled with joy and happiness, and George, who was standing next to him, moved a little stiffly, especially his straight shoulders revealed his tightness, but he still had to join in the applause.
"Poof. Edith gloated, for the day's adventure was worth the price of the ticket just for that scene.
Last time Arthur saw Elph's gaffe, and today she saw George's compromise, and the two of them were even.
"Matthew, do you say, will Richard ask to meet with Lan Li?" Edith leaned slightly and yelled in Matthew's ear, the stormy applause in the theater showed no sign of stopping, and even though the hoarseness was exhausted, the sound of falling on the eardrums was still sparse.
Matthew turned his head, and then he saw Edith's impatient smile, and he didn't hide his mentality of watching the show at all, Matthew nodded restrainedly, but the answer was extremely affirmative, "Yes!"
Edith smiled and agreed, "I think so too. So, she didn't plan to leave for the time being, this good show has just begun, it would be a pity to miss it, even if she needs to take some risks, she is willing.
Retracting her gaze, Edith glanced towards the box and auditorium on the other side. Today's performance was really wonderful and full of dedication, and during the intermission, in order to avoid George, she secretly hid her whereabouts, so she never took a good look at the guests who were there today. Until now.
"Jesus Christ, is that Princess Madeleine-Gustaf? The one next to her is...... Why is it so familiar?" Edith had long expected that there would be no shortage of nobles in the box, but at this time she still showed a look of surprise.
Madeleine Gustaf, the little princess of the Swedish royal family, is third on the list of succession to the throne. She was "famous" in London, and about ten years ago, Madeleine came to London to study English, but she was addicted to parties, abandoned her studies, did not do her job, behaved frivolously, and returned to Sweden in disgrace after only two months.
In addition, Madeleine's love affair is also vigorous, because of the man's leg splitting scandal, she has become the laughing stock of the paparazzi.
Today, Madeleine was in Andre Hamilton's box. Edith was surprised partly because of her noble status and partly because the West End of London was really not Madeleine's style, but given AndrΓ©'s friendship with Madeleine, it seemed less surprising.
"Chris-O'Neal. Matthew replied, then explained, "Wall Street." β
Because it was too noisy at this time to explain at length, it was just a key word, but Edith reacted immediately, and her jaw expressed her understanding, "I've heard the rumors. β
Chris O'Neal is a banker and Wall Street upstart. The family background is relatively simple, there is no accumulation, in fact, in the eyes of the aristocracy is a nouveau riche, Chris is only a rich second generation, but his mother has carved out a world in the Upper East Side of New York, and is now a socialite - the positive kind.
At the beginning of last year, Madeleine and Chris got together, when Edith was in New York, and the rumors entered her ears at the first time, but she didn't take it to heart, and she only saw it with her own eyes today.
"Even Madeleine Gustav has appeared, so will William and Kate also join hands in the next step?" Edith raised an eyebrow and joked - this is naturally Prince William and Princess Kate.
Matthew replied in a loud voice, "Princess Beatrice was there yesterday. β
Princess Beatrice, the granddaughter of Queen ****** of England and the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew, is the seventh in line of heirs to the throne.
Born in 1988, she has always been approachable, working in a department store three years ago as a personal shopping consultant for VIP guests, and is still majoring in art at university, and interestingly, in 2009, she starred as the Queen's maid in the British film "Young Victoria", which was the first time a member of the British royal family appeared in a movie.
Beatrice has always wanted to find a job in fashion and media in New York.
Beatrice's presence not only means that the reputation of "Les Miserables" has spread among the aristocracy, but also means that Lan Li has an opportunity to open the gap in the royal family as an actor.
"God, I wish it had happened today. Edith couldn't help but sigh. If Princess Beatrice and George Hall meet at the Almeida Theatre and then Lan Li is invited to appear, this is the real show of the year. "Wait, is that Maggie Smith and Ian-McKellen?"
In Eton's box, Helen Mirren booked the day after tomorrow, along with Peter Otto and Patrick-Steart. Compared to Edith's accident, Matthew was accustomed to it, and said lightly, throwing out one heavyweight name after another.
Edith was stunned for a moment, then returned to normal, and nodded with a smile, "It seems that the West End should be extremely lively in the next period of time, and George and Elizabeth will be extremely tormented." God, I shouldn't have missed this show. I'm starting to think that these nobles are a little cute. β
In the applause, Edith and Matthew's words were shattered, and the two did not continue to talk, but focused on calling for the actors' return to the curtain call. Sixteen minutes, tonight's applause lasted for sixteen minutes, until the final curtain call of Lan Li's solitary curtain, the audience was still reluctant and lingering.
The six-hour performance left too many aftertastes.
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Edith didn't leave the theater immediately, she still carefully hid in the box of the Dunlop family, secretly observing every move in the box next doorβ
Sure enough, Richard couldn't wait and couldn't wait to meet Lan Li.
At first, George tried to dissuade him, but he didn't expect that Richard even wanted to leave the box and go backstage in person to talk to Lan Li face-to-face and express his affection, so George panicked, so Emma Fielding and Matthew Dunlop had to come forward and find Lan Li after appeasing Richard.
Lan Li did not arrogantly refuse, he came to the box politely, and did not even have time to change his costume.
Lan Li and Richard had a great conversation, and the two had a lot of conversations about the play and the performance. It can be seen that Richard is a real drama idiot, with unique insights, deep understanding, and advanced taste, and the conversations with professionals not only do not fall behind, but also the more they talk, the more excited they become.
Edith sat in the next box, and the conversation was crystal clear. Although she couldn't see George's expression, she could taste his depression and grievance from George's silence, such a father was really too strange, but it was really too funny, Edith had to grit her teeth to avoid the crisis of laughing.
Just as Edith was thinking about when George would interrupt the conversation, drive Lan Li away, and put an end to this shame, the sound of Lan Li saying goodbye came to her ears.
"Lan Li!" said George's tense voice, revealing his anger and humiliation, but he was able to control it in time and dissuade him, "Lord obviously has a lot to say about the play, why don't you continue to talk?" β
"I'm sorry. There will be a show tomorrow, and unfortunately I can't say yes to the Lord's invitation. As for now, Sir Maggie Smith and Sir Ian McKellen are in the next box, and I have to go and say hello. β
Maggie and Ian both accepted the queen's canonization and enjoyed knighthoods, and both actors were veteran actors with important positions among the aristocracy.
"Oh, of course, of course. There is nothing wrong with that. It was Richard who answered, skipping and ignoring George, and readily agreed, "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will visit the Almeida Theater again." For actors, the stage and performance are always the most important, and I deeply understand this, otherwise, you would not be able to give such a wonderful performance. β
After a brief greeting, Lan Li really left.
Edith was making up for George's expression at this time, but the box door was suddenly pushed open, startling her, her heart suddenly tightened, and then she heard Lan Li's voice coming, "The rats in the theater have been getting more and more noisy lately. Then, he closed the box door and walked away.
Edith, who stayed where she was, rolled her eyes widely, and gritted her teeth: "That damn thing.
After closing the box door, Lan Li showed a smile to Matthew behind him, "Don't worry, I can handle the rest of the things myself." Then his chin raised slightly, and he gestured in the direction of the Hall family's box, "How is it, I did well just now, right?"
Matthew nodded his head in agreement, "Very good." β
Lan Li chuckled and patted Matthew on the shoulder, "Please guide that thunderous gentleman out of the theater, thank you." Otherwise, George would probably be angry when he found out about Edith at this time.