Photograph of the Strolling Players, Act II, scene 10. Aschenbach (Peter Pears) sits on far left, a little apart from other hotel guests who form the audience, generally seated, in background. The Players' Leader (John Shirley-Quirk) stands on the bench at centre stage; the acrobat (Michael Vrooman or Victor Kravchenko) on his left mimes the playing of (probably) a saxophone while the other stands watching third from left. The Player (Nigel Williams) in front of him, foreground, gestures appreciation of his Leader's outrageousness, while another (unidentified) Player appears to play the guitar.
Photographer: John Garner
1 photograph
black and white; 24 x 16 cm
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