Editor:- May 2016 - the door bell rang. It wasn't the delivery I was expecting - but a man wearing a strange hat.
I smile because I know this man - Stephen Israel he hands me a brochure.
Cyrano!
(one of my favorite plays) - I remember seeing the
version
with Derek Jacobi.Stephen's company will be doing outdoor performances of Cyrano at various dates in June and July.
Sounds like a lively idea.
I commented on his strange hat - and said that I (having bought something similar over 10 years ago) only felt comfortable wearing it for the first time when I went on a once in a lifetime kind of vacation to Arizona. (There everyone wears such hats and I didn't feel odd.)
He said the hat does make him easy to find when he wears it at Chichester (theatre).
Then he pointed to his shorts and wellies.
I looked down.
I don't wear shorts myself and I'm not sure where I'd have to go to blend in dressed like that.
On the other hand - maybe it's here in the lane.