get-through

Updated: June 4, 2025

Last night I did three acts of 'Sans-Gêne' and 'Nance Oldfield' thrown in! That is a bit too much awful work and I can't risk it again." "A telegram just come: 'Steadily improving.... You should have seen Norman as Shylock! It was not a bare 'get-through. It was the first night an admirable performance, as well as a plucky one.... H. is more seriously ill than anyone dreams.... His look!

Ellen Terry - The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections