—” Not there, not there, my friend!”
“Is it where the Lord Chamberlain weakly tries
To interfere with the actors’ guise,
Because it gave us a portrait true
Of the gentle Ayrton, and Lowe, and you[50]—
Though you now as three music hall cads appear,
Which makes the satire much more severe?”
—“Not there, not there, my friend!”
“Is it where Jack Sheppard they fail to hang;
Where Macbeth’s broad Scotch has a German twang;