Collapsing audiences

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I'm a regular theatre goer. At the RSC today, along with two friends to see Richard II with David Tennant playing Richard. The last occasion we had all three seen the play was at the Donmar Warehouse with Eddy Redmayne playing the lead. On that occasion a member of the audience collapsed during the first half of the performance. Eddy Redmayne stopped his speech, asked if there was any medical professional in the audience and the performance was stopped. This afternoon, at the same point in the play, a member of the audience collapsed and the front of house manager came on stage to stop the performance. The three of us were overwhelmed at this coincidence. It's an unusual occurrence to have this happen once in the theatre. Twice is a coincidence. But Richard II, same play, a member of the audience collapsing at the same point, the performance being stopped and we were all three there on both occasions. An amazing coincidence.
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Date submitted:Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:02:11 +0000Coincidence ID:7250