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Show THEATRICAL PROVERBS yHE other day it was my good for-V-X tune to meet Dudley Ayers when he had the time to talk a little about the stage, and among many of the good things he had to relate were a number of stage proverbs, They were that good that I not only remembered them, but unselfishly passed them on to his many friends. Following are a few of the many good ones Dud. told me: To the managers belong the spoils. A poor performance is better than none. If you can't boost, don't knock. It's the early train that catches the troupe. In the puerile drama all things are pure. On Life's stage we can't all have the "center." You can never tell by the looks of a troupe how far it will jump. A sense of humor, covers a multitude multi-tude of sins. A traveling troupe gathers no shek-I shek-I els. Pay night is the big night in stock. 'TIs well when the audience laughs with you, but not so when they laugh at you. It's a long road that has no billboard, bill-board, and a prosperous actor that has no board bill. The play's the thing, but you need a cast and an audience to go along with it. A fat box office statement maketh a glad manager. Be it ever so small, there's no place like a star's dressing room. The play must go on, even if you forget your lines. The author takes the credit for thp good plays and blames the actors for the poor ones. S. M. Trebor in Bridgeport Life. |