second-nighter

Updated: May 28, 2025

I felt he ought to be at his desk. His, I used to tell him, was the only drama whose future ought to concern him now. And in point of fact he had, I think, lost the true spirit of the second-nighter, and came rather to be seen than to see.

Sir Max Beerbohm - Seven Men

Though second-nighters do come to see, they remain rather to hope and pray. I should have known anywhere, by the visionary look in his eyes, that Brown was a confirmed second-nighter. What surprises me is that I knew he was Brown.

Sir Max Beerbohm - Seven Men