The eldest Miss Bluestocken (to Mrs. Mugby, of the village laundry). I'm delighted that you were able to come to our schoolroom performance of Scenes from Shakspeare.
Mrs. Mugby. Oh, so was I, mum. That there "'Amblet"—and the grand lady, mum——
Eldest Miss B. (condescendingly). You mean "Hamlet" and his mother—the vicar and myself. You enjoyed it?
Mrs. Mugby. Oh, we did, mum! We ain't 'ad such a rale good laugh for many a long day.
[Exit Miss B., thinking that Shakspeare is perhaps somewhat thrown
away on this yokality.
The Book of the Play (as managers like it).—"All places taken for the next fortnight."
When actors complain that all they require is "parts," they generally tell the exact truth.