Stranger than the Afric prancings of the race of Hot & Tot* are the quaint folk ways of London playgoers wishful of economizing by sitting in the second balcony. Seats of such altitude are not reserved and can only be bought a short time before curtains rise. Therefore hardy balcony patrons gather betimes to form their amazing queues.
Early standees may arrive for an especially popular play on the midnight before —full 20 hours in advance. When flesh and blood can stand no longer, the queue folk rent camp stools from hucksters for a...
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