“HAMLET”—A TRAGEDY
j A N English theatrical com- | ! was playing “Ham* | let” in a Western American i mining camp. At the end of I the show, the audience called | loudly for the author. _ “D’ye hear them?” sniggered | the English travelling man- | ager. “Calling for the author! | And old Bill Shakespeare been | dead all these—well, anyhow, i quite a long time.” Whereupon the resident i manager spat thoughtfully, | readjusted his quid, and re- I marked: “I don’t keer a con- | tinental how long the Bard of | Avon has been defunct. But | you’ve got to go on for him ! to-night; or they’ll pull the ! durned place down.” The English manager i laughed at this, and said: | “Well, I’m sure I don’t mind | understudying the immortal | William for this occasion only. | Yes, I’ll go on.” So he went on. And they shot him.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 22
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140“HAMLET”—A TRAGEDY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 22
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