Is the act of bowing and applauding at the end of a show a spontaneous reaction, or an elaborately choreographed convention that we obey unthinkingly?To bow or not to bow? Once we've politely paid attention for the duration of a show, are we owed an appearance by the performers at the end? When curtain calls were becoming the fashion in the 1820s, many actors disliked having to hang around after their final scenes an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM on April 3, 2012