One of the more useful uses of adversity is being able to negotiate subsequent adversities in a bit more of a civilized manner. The present ludicrously central and inexpensive rooms required some adjustments -- ($6) chinos instead of denim, to accommodate the daily hand-wash, dinners shifted from sautee to slow-boil, etc. Had good practice in these modes during a comparable run in Bucharest several months back.
As I look at it, the inability to shift back to the early runs might have been justified by a few factors beyond sloth, but time will tell. There are some indications that it was the reasonable course.
Could have done without the politically interesting times and the cancelled performances, but it's a small price paid by a random visitor, and a society forming itself has the precedent claim -- saw what I could from out of the corner of the eye while reading at the coffeehouse. Careful to preserve neutrality, as there would be several points of personal decision that would need to be crossed before I would sign on with any of these armies of the night/day. But the basic stated purposes of this bit of the stay seem to have been accomplished. Gently down the stream.