The Long Walk

My job in the last week of rehearsal was to be last to leave and lock up. As we were now rehearsing at night after public museum hours it was quite often midnight as I left.

I would pack away the lighting gear as the cast changed into civvies. Then pack the sound, by the time I'd finished that, it was  just me switching off lights.

The last task was to get to the front door down the length of the cellblock. There was a light next the front door. After switching off all other display lights, all I had for lighting was the display lights on the death masks in the ground floor cells - including Ned's.

It was always an interesting walk with my imagination for the whole five month season.