Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your ......... of our performance.

We have done this play many times in different towns but your ......... has been the greatest so far.

We will always remember the way you stood up and ......... at some of the speeches in the play.

Our leading actor is unable to come on the stage at the moment because he is ......... with emotion.

Don't worry I'm sure it's only......... and that he'll soon recover before the next performance.

That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short......... .

The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her......... her heart out as I speak.

I think that the main ......... for all this emotion is probably the way you have reacted to the play.

You see throughout our......... season we have never received so much laughter as we have from you.

The reason for this is possibly that you thought it was a......... but in fact it is a tragedy.