British writer

Because of the need to build the city's exterior on stage, "Roman Holiday" required far more prep work than "Yes! Prime Minister, so it will take longer.

The so-called "soldiers and horses are not moved, food and grass go first\

,"Before the play was released, various posters were plastered all over the exterior walls of the Royal Opera House.

There is a line of big characters on all posters——

From "Yes! Lu, the author of "Prime Minister", did it himself.

Although it was announced by Pengci, the effect of this sentence is extremely significant, and the citizens of London who love dramas are looking forward to it.

And because it is a love theme, more female viewers are attracted,

For a time, "Roman Holiday" became the focus of discussions on the streets.

In contrast, the publication of "Guns, Germs and Steel" was not so sensational, and even the Royal Publishing Office failed to pull up sales much.

This kind of voluminous popular science academic work has indeed a very small audience.

Lu Shi also began to write "Roger's Mystery\

,"He had previously promised Cooper that he would continue to serialize new works in "The Scotsman" because of Wilde's matter, and of course he must honor it.

Time moves forward so steadily,

Finally, in mid-January, "Roman Holiday" will be on stage.

...

Royal Opera House,

First class box.

Margarita carefully poured tea for the queen, looking distractedly at the stage.

The curtain is drawn tightly,

It will be a while before the show starts.

After that, Her Royal Highness leaned forward slightly, and glanced at the next door from above the guardrail, but because of the angle, she couldn't see Lu Shi.

The queen coughed lightly,

"Rita."

Only then did Margarita realize her gaffe, and quickly sat back down.

She exuded a hint of resentment.

Because the announcement of "Roman Holiday" was done well, and the venue of the performance was the Royal Opera House, the members of the royal family in London were very curious and organized a group to accompany the Queen to watch it together.

With so many people crowded in the box, Lu Shi and Bernard Shaw were naturally unable to attend.

The two are in the next box.

The Queen chuckled and patted Margarita on the shoulder,

"What? I watched a romantic comedy today, not a political satire like "Yes! Prime Minister". You still need the script writer to give you a live commentary here?"

Being exposed, Margarita couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed,

She waved her hands again and again,

"I don't."

No wonder!

The Queen just wanted to tease a few more words, but suddenly found that the discussion on the first floor was much quieter.

Margarita whispered, "Here we go."

On the stage, the curtain slowly opened,

Surrounded by many attendants, a beautiful girl slowly stepped onto the stage.

Margarita knew that the character appearing now must be Princess Anne because she was exposed by the play, so she subconsciously looked at the actress.

She whispered: "You are so young."

The Queen smiled and said, "Isn't this great? The heroine is a princess, so the actor needs to have princess-level beauty, restraint and chastity. Beauty is easy to say, but restraint and chastity need to be revealed naturally."

With that said, the queen added another sentence:

"Just like you, Rita."

Margarita was very happy because of this compliment, but she couldn't help but said: "But she is younger than me."

The queen couldn't help but sneer,

"Okay~ okay~ let's watch the show."

Margarita turned her attention back to the stage.

Princess Anne, played by Phyllis, is visiting Rome, and she has endless business affairs and boring banquets every day.

She hated it so much.

There is a small detail in the script. Princess Anne was tired from standing in high heels for a long time, so she took off her high heels quietly.

As a result, when she could sit down, she left her shoes where she couldn't bend over to put them on.

Phyllis portrayed the embarrassment and panic very well.

There were bursts of good-natured laughter from the auditorium.

Margarita nodded and said: "Excellent! In just a few minutes, Professor Lu showed Princess Anne's dilemma, while Wilde used a whole scene to do the same thing in "The Fan of Windermere". The play The strength is evident."

the queen is curious,

"Have you seen The Fan of Windermere?"

"Ah this..."

Margarita hesitated.

In fact, it was because Lu Shi admired Wilde that she took the initiative to contact Wilde's works.

But this reason must not be known to my grandmother.

Fortunately, the rhythm of the drama is relatively fast, and the queen did not continue to delve into it.

They turned their attention back to the stage.

Princess Anne went back to her bedroom,

When the waiter told her to rest, she rebelled and lost her temper,

But the waiter was unmoved, and still "persuaded" her to rest sternly, and even gave her milk with sleeping pills.

In the original movie, the waiter actually used a sedative,

However, sedatives were only used in certain medical situations in the 1940s, so it was naturally impossible for Lu Shi to come up with high-tech that surpassed the times, otherwise the romantic comedy would become a science fiction drama.

However, this substitution did not affect the plot.

Even though Princess Anne knew that she had taken sleeping pills, she still couldn't hold back her longing for freedom. She changed into ordinary clothes and left her "home" in the dead of night.

Slowly, the sleeping pills started to work,

Anne didn't go far before she was forced to rest on the side of the road.

At this moment, the leading actor—Journalist Joe—appeared.

He found the beautiful girl alone here, so he went up to strike up a conversation,

As a result, Annie fell asleep without saying a word.

Jo wanted to take her home, but unfortunately she couldn't wake her up;

He wanted to hand her over to the coachman, but the wife-afraid coachman refused to do it.

Joe has no choice but to take the girl home, and then finds that the headline character in the newspaper, Princess Anne, is actually the girl he picked up.

So far, the first act is over.

The queen put down the small metal binoculars, showing a satisfied smile,

"very good."

Margarita asked in surprise: "Grandma, do you think this "Roman Holiday" is better than "Yes! Prime Minister"? Even I think the beginning of this drama is a bit... um..."

Margarita paused, seemingly searching for the right words.

The queen asked: "Do you think this beginning is too common?"

Margarita nodded,

"I do feel that way."

She couldn't figure it out.

The queen chuckled,

"The reason is "Yes! Prime Minister". Because it turned out, you have higher requirements for drama. It's like drinking high-quality Chinese tea, and then going back to drinking Indian black tea, it will make people feel hard to swallow .”

The logic seems to be the same.

Margarita thought for a while, and then asked: "Then why did grandma think that the first act of "Roman Holiday" is very good?"

The queen said: "Because the script of "Roman Holiday" is very simple, but it is also perfect. It is like a text that will appear in a textbook. It may not be eye-catching, but it is solid enough."

Margarita did not expect that her grandmother would consider it from the aspect of literary creation,

Indeed, the first act of "Roman Holiday" clearly explained the cause of the story, and the content, plot, characters, and emotions are also vivid and complete.

According to this rhythm, it will inevitably rise all the way.

The Queen said: "If I were asked to choose teaching materials for drama students, I would definitely choose "Roman Holiday" instead of "Yes! Prime Minister". Professor Lu showed his textbook-like creative skills in this play."