Dear Mr. Francis...
thank you for penning these tiatr tales, especially for those of us that
saw but could not understand. Your commentary of what was going on among
the stage players and the musicians is not much different than the so
many Goan tiatrist practices and stage shows held in Toronto, when
konkanim first took to the stage here... Anthony Fernandes.
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From: "Goanet Reader"
One humid morning in Byculla: tiatr tales of another time
Roland Francis
It was around ten that humid morning and much of
the perspiring Goan population of Byculla was
streaming into the wide gates of the magnificent
Gloria Church for the Sunday high mass. Ladies
were in their Sunday best, some of them with hats,
gloves and stockings but all of them in veils
covering their hands. The men in their starched
shirts and cotton light summer jackets remained
behind, keeping in mind an exit route should the
priest repeat his tendency to a long and boring
sermon.
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