For centuries, the Germans have been famous for their discipline and punctuality. This difference from other cultures is best illustrated by the following case. End of the 90s of the 20th century. The Hamburg English Theatre. All the actors are British and American, the audience is German. In the course of the action, one of the American actors, going on stage, tightly covers behind the butaphore door. This moment so upset one lady from the auditorium that she went out on stage and tightly closed the door, disrupting the stormy and prolonged applause that turned into an ovation.

As the English-speaking actors themselves later said, it is good that Shakespeare did not survive this day - it was the longest ovation in the history of the English theatre in Hamburg.

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