Pesta pernikahan, Tangan Tuhan, dan Lineker – “The Big One” menyapu musim panas dengan cara yang tak tertandingi | Matthew Engel
Lupakan Olimpiade dan yang lainnya. Orang-orang di seluruh dunia masih ingat di mana mereka berada saat menonton pertandingan-pertandingan Piala Dunia yang paling berkesan. Hubungan antara Raja Lear dan Piala Dunia 1966 hampir tidak diketahui, terutama karena hal itu hanya memengaruhi segelintir orang di sebuah sekolah asrama yang kini sudah tidak beroperasi lagi. Saya terpilih secara tak terduga untuk berperan dalam produksi Lear di sekolah tersebut (ya, saya memerankan si Badut; ya, saya memang sering diperankan dalam peran seperti itu). Pada hari itu…
Forget the Olympic and the rest. People across the planet remember where they were for their biggest World Cup matches
The connection between King Lear and the 1966 World Cup is little known, mainly because it affected very few people at a now defunct boarding school. I had been a surprise selection to act in the school’s production of Lear (yes, I played the Fool; yes, I was typecast). The day before one of the performances I fell and twisted something and was a doubtful starter for a part that required a lot of dashing about.
Matron prescribed sleeping pills. That night England were playing Mexico in that now-sanctified tournament – almost a must-win after a goalless start against Uruguay. I went to bed early, tucked my transistor under the pillow to hear the commentary, went spark out and only heard the result next morning: England 2 Mexico 0. The rest is national history.
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