Dress At The Theatre
Sir, ; —Seldom do the public provide such amusement for overworked students. Dilettante snobs, frustrated plebeians, class-con-scious proletarians, harassed housewives, and pre-historic gentlemen—we enjoyed them all. On Tuesday night 40 decorous students, resplendent in evening dress, watched the opera from the gallery .Whythe gallery? We spent a sleepless night in Cashel street; we headed the queue and ignored the front stalls. But beggars can’t be choosers, and we booked our place in the gallery. And what are the results of the controversy which has swept this column? First, a complete revelation of a bitter class struggle; second, an inglorious attitude of intolerance. Surely a man can wear formal dress to the theatre if he wants to. Surely a Brazilian cougar. Why does everyone have to jump on his or its back? Still we have our photographs, the accounts of the occasion, and a hood-winked public.—Yours, etc., 808 SCOTT. July 4, 1957. [This correspondence is now closed.—Ed., “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28321, 5 July 1957, Page 3
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