WAGEMANN.
How so?
POET.
Pierrot will not play to-day. He wants to be a spectator, and Scaramuccio insists upon taking the rôle of Apollo in my drama.
SCARAMUCCIO.
And am I not right, Herr Wagemann? I have played the fool long enough, and I should like to try my hand at the wise.
WAGEMANN.
You are too severe, Sir Poet. You must give the poor fellows a little more liberty. Let them have it their own way.
POET.
But the requirements of the drama, of art——