The Village Shepherd
Night Precedes Day
Sermon
One thing about live
theatre which you don't get with television, is the hush of expectancy when the
lights are dimmed. As the theatre moves from light into darkness, the audience
settles back and prepares for entertainment and enjoyment. But the
entertainment only starts when the curtain rises on a lit stage. Because the
audience remains in darkness, it is able to see the stage perfectly no matter
how gloomy the lighting, so the atmosphere can be suggested right from the
beginning of the show by the relative brightness of the lighting.
