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Theatre Royal ghost.

English people believe in ghosts. They think that the British capital – London – is full of ghosts. Some ghosts are very famous and a lot of people have already met them.

Many people have seen a ghost at the Royal Theatre. This ghost always wears the same clothes. He wears a grey coat, a hat and tall boots. In fact, he wears the clothes of an Englishman of about 1750. And he usually does the same things. He comes out through the wall in a seat in the upper circle. Then he stands up, walks slowly across the theatre and goes into the wall again. He has his usual time between 10 in the morning and 6 in the evening. Usually the actors and actresses see him when they are rehearsing a new play, or when they are doing an afternoon performance.

At one afternoon performance in 1950, the British actor Morgan Davies saw the ghost. “I was acting in Carousel on Saturday afternoon. In one part of the play I was on the stage for twenty-five minutes. I looked up into the theatre, and saw an empty box. When I looked up again, there was a man in a grey coat in the box. He was standing up. But I could see through him! I watched him for about ten minutes. Then he went through the wall.”

Another time when actors were rehearsing a new play, there were about a hundred people on the stage. The ghost did his usual walk, from seat in the upper circle into the wall, and seventy of the actors saw him.

And then there is the theatre cat! The cat goes to all parts of the theatre – but it will not go into the upper circle!

The Theatre Royal ghost doesn’t try to talk to people, and he doesn’t hear people who talk to him. But actors think that he is friendly.

“We like to see the ghost at our theatre,” one actor said. “If we meet him before the first night of a new play, people are going to like the play. A lot of people will come to see it. But nobody sees him before an unsuccessful play.”

I. Are these sentences true or false?

People meet ghosts in many places, but they have never met them in the theatre.

One day a thousand of actors could see the ghost at the Royal Theatre and they had a talk.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre often comes out through the wall when the actors are rehearsing.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre never walks across the theatre.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre wears the same clothes.

A lot of people come to see the ghost at the Royal Theatre at midnight.

Morgan Davis could see through the ghost.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre comes out only in the afternoon.

English people believe that many ghosts live in London.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre looks like a young lady.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre is not friendly to the actors.

Morgan Davis has never seen the ghost.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre wears the clothes of an Englishwoman of about 1750.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre watched Morgan Davis in the empty box for ten minutes.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre sometimes tries to talk to people but everybody is afraid of him.

Usually actors and actresses see the ghost at the Royal Theatre when they are doing the evening performance.

The ghost at the Royal Theatre always comes out through the theatre curtain.

Actors like to see the ghost at the Royal Theatre before a new play.

Morgan Davis saw the ghost in the stalls.

Morgan Davis saw the ghost on the stage.

II. Find words in the text, which have a similar meaning to these definitions.

a main city of a country

a woman who performs in plays an films

an animal with soft fur, a long tail that people keep as a pet or for catching mice

the day after Friday and before Sunday

the part of the day from when the sun rises until midday

someone who performs in plays and films

the upper floor of a theatre or cinema

a man from England

to have a conversation with other people

the spirit of a dead person that someone sees or hears

containing nothing

pleasant and helpful towards other people

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