SAW THE DRESS REHEARSAL OF ‘NO BLACKS, NO DOGS, NO POLES’ LAST NIGHT. IN A WAY IT WAS A VERY STRANGE FEELING, SITTING THERE IN AN EMPTY THEATRE, WATCHING THE WORDS YOU HAVE WRITTEN TAKING ON A LIFE OF THEIR ON ON THE STAGE. THEY HAVE BEEN FLESHED OUT, GIVEN A BODY, GIVEN LIFE, BEING PREPOSTEROUS, BEING OUTRAGEOUS, BIGOTED AND SOMETIMES DOWNRIGHT RACIST, AND YOU SIT THERE WONDERING WHAT THE AUDIENCE WILL MAKE OF IT ALL.
WELL, TONIGHT WE WILL FIND OUT. I THINK THEY WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. IT WASN’T PERFECT BY ANY MEANS – BUT THAT’S WHAT DRESS REHEARSALS ARE FOR!
MY DAUGHTER KAREN AND MY GRANDSON ZOHAR