Train woe: Captain Corelli loses his mandolin
mainAlex Mugnaioni, star of a UK tour of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, has left his instrument on a train.
It was the 18.34 Southeastern from London Bridge to Sidcup, Mugnaioni. Email info@nml.org.uk if you have seen it.
The mandolin is dated 1890.
Mugnaioni said: ‘We spent a long time hunting for the perfect Mandolin, it’s devastating to lose it so close to the show. I’m playing throughout the show and you create quite a connection with an instrument. If anyone has picked it up by mistake we’d be so grateful for its return.’
Such thing also happens often with double basses, which are forgotten in public transport and on picknick outings and the like. There is a special therapy designed to unearth suppressed resentment against one’s chosen instrument, which is a variation of marriage counselling.
Airlines and some railway companies provide a special customer service designed to prevent this happening. By having a huge row about the instrument at the time of boarding, those who do get on are so angry that they don’t forget to take it with them at the end.