(though somehow we missed this feature.... perhaps they were on a break?)
This building is supposed to be haunted, and the place did seem quite creepy.
Even though neither of us had a paranormal experience we did leave fairly
rapidly. The most disturbing event of the day was probably our visit to the
public restrooms in town, last cleaned after the original gunfight for the sake of
historical accuracy.
Finally it was time to witness the shootout at the OK Corral for ourselves,
around 4pm, though high noon would have seemed more appropriate. The
entire show lasted 35 minutes, of which only one was filled with shooting. The
experience is best described as 'interesting', and had a distinctly 'primary
school play' feel about it. This label largely applies to the calibre of acting that
unfolded on the stage before us. We were not expecting Oscar-worthy
performances of course but what we were subjected to fell so far short of this
that we began to wonder if it was a first night (er, afternoon). Blatantly this
was not the case and the cast had evidently performed together hundreds of
times before, but nevertheless we felt like we were watching a group of
prisoners taking their first drama lesson. Projection of voices was often non-
existent, they turned their backs on the audience and a theoretically simple
plot left us baffled.
The show was performed outside in part of the Corral with the
audience on benches. The first part began with a rousing patriotic speech - as
does everything in the USA these days. We were the only Brits in the
audience, a slightly uncomfortable position but fortunately, due to Blair and
Bush’s ‘Special Relationship’, not necessitating a lynching. Next came a