Frohes Neues!
Nahezu jeder Deutsche kennt "Dinner for One". Die Ferneshkomödie, die aus dem britischen Theaterstück entstand und 1961 in Hamburg für den NDR aufgezeichnet wurde. Das Stück ist zwar auf englisch, allerdings gibt es eine deutsche Einleitung. Wer irgendwann in die Bredouille kommen sollte, das Stück Freunden zu zeigen, die kein Deutsch sprechen, findet hier die englische Variante der Einleitung. Gern geschehen.
Respected audience, dear Ladies and gentlemen,
Today we are at the manor of Miss Sophie. Due to discretion we won’t tell you the Last Name of this highly respected family.
Miss Sophie invited her four best friends to her birthday dinner and I will tell you today’s seating order: Miss Sophie will sit here, this seat is reserved for Sir Toby, Admiral von Schneider, Mr. Pommeroy here and over there Mr. Winterbottom.
Ladies and Gentlemen, unfortunately there is a tiny problem: Miss Sophie is not the youngest person alive. We’re celebrating her 90th birthday and her four friends already died in the last years. The last one’s funeral was 25 years ago. Anyway, Miss Sophie doesn’t want to forego her birthday party and because the men obviously can’t be there tonight, they will be played by her butler James. That worked quiet well the last years and it will also work out today because the itinerary of the dinner is the same for years. James will ask “Same procedure than last year?” and Miss Sophie will answer “Same procedure as every year”.
Well, the rest of the conversation between Miss Sophie and James is not really interesting. It’s not important at all. You will be easily able to follow this most unusual birthday dinner ever.
I hope you enjoy it, and. – here is James!
Ach ja, hier ist das Video (© Norddeutscher Rundfunk): Click!