LOW COM. (coming forward). “’ Shure and I will.’”
Scrape from fiddle.
STAGE MAN. “Well then there’s our struggle.” (STAGE MANAGER and LOW COMEDY take hold of each other’s shoulders, and turn round). “I’ll have the book in the left-hand side.”
LOW COM. “‘Ah, begorra, shure he’s clane gone; but, be jabers, I’ve got this ‘” (holding up an imaginary pocket-book), “‘and it’s worth a precious deal more than he is.’”
STAGE MAN. “End of first act.—Tommy, go and fetch me half a pint of stout.”