met-a-physician

Updated: August 29, 2026

The curtain falls, and the audience are informed that the charade, which represents a word of six syllables, is complete in that scene. When the spectators have guessed or been told that the word is "met-a-physician," the curtain again rises on precisely the same scene, and the same performance, action for action, and word for word, is repeated over again.

Frederica Seeger - Entertainments for Home, Church and School