A Pretty Face
Автор книги John Escott
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Zoe
is
17
years
old.
She
works
in
a
bookstore
in
the
little
town
of
Newport.
Zoe
likes
books
and
she
likes
her
work.
But
after
work,
she
likes
to
act
in
plays
with
the
Newport
Players.
The
Newport
Players
do
six
plays
every
year
and
Zoe
is
in
most
of
them.
Some plays are exciting and some plays are famous. This week. The play is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. A lot of people are coming to see it, zoe thinks. I must act well.
Mike is 18 years old. He is a student at Newport College and he likes writing. One day he wants to write plays for the theater and for television. One day I want to be famous, he thinks. Newport has a newspaper.
The Newport Weekly News is as its name and Mike's Aunt Peggy is the editor. One morning, she phones Mike. Do you want to write a review of Romeo and Juliet for the newspaper, Mike? She asks him. The Newport Players are doing the play tonight at the Little Theater.
Yes, please, Aunt Peggy, Mike says. Thanks for asking me. That evening, he goes to Newport's Little Theater to see the play. Mike goes into the theater and sits at the front. He gets out his notebook and pen, ready to write notes for his review.
There are a lot of people in the audience. 5 minutes later, the play begins. Zoe acts the part of Juliet's mother. She knows all her words and speaks them well. Mike is watching her.
She's very pretty and she's doing her best, he thinks. But it's not easy to act the part of an older woman. She's only 16 or 17 years old, and we all know it. He begins to write in his notebook. 2 hours later, the play ends and the audience leaves the theater.
Mike goes home and writes his review for the newspaper. He doesn't feel very happy. It was a good play, but what can I say about the girl acting the part of Juliet's mother? He thinks. I want to be kind, but I must be honest, too.
At the bookstore on Friday, zoe reads Mike's review of the play in the Newport Weekly News. Zoe is angry. She looks at the name under the review mike Morrison. Who is this Mike Morrison? She thinks.
What does he know about acting?