The proceedings must continue, no matter what catastrophe has occurred. This term is a theatrical credo dating from the nineteenth century, although the idea is much older (Shakespeare used it in Henry IV, Part 1, 2.4: “Play out the play”). In the twentieth century it began to be transferred to other activities. Thus, E. Holding wrote: “The hotel business is like the theatre. No matter what happens, the show must go on” (Speak of the Devil, 1941).