The Great Depression of 1977

In 1977, the E.S.C. Drama Society energetically plunged into something that should have been their 10th production, namely A Delicate Balance by E. Albee, under the direction of someone named Ricardo Anasagasti. Due to incompetence on behalf of the director, the whole project was abandoned a fortnight prior to the first performance. This caused the society's dramatic silence, with the need of a full year recovery afterwards, only to make a come-back in 1979 with the play Table Manners by A. Ayckbourn.