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All the minor theatres in London, especially the lowest, constitute the centre of a little stage-struck neighbourhood. These gentlemen are the amateurs—the Richards, Shylocks, Beverleys, and Othellos—the Young Dorntons, Rovers, Captain Absolutes, and Charles Surfaces—a private theatre. See them at the neighbouring public-house or the theatrical coffee-shop!
They are not stage-struck, indeed; that would have been a minor infatuation to be possessed with other people's verses, not bad ones either; no; but from the beginning of the present excitements the barbarian war, the Armenian disaster, the succession of victories you cannot find a man but is writing history; nay, every one you meet is a Thucydides, a Herodotus, a Xenophon.
On the train she fell in with this Marley girl who was coming on to New York to live with her cousin, Miss Pritchard. Elsie was badly stage-struck and wild over New York, and the other girl didn't mind a quiet country town, and they calmly changed places and names.
He needed only the spark, the indescribable thrill that made his imagination master of his senses, and he could make plots and pictures enough of his own. It was equally true that he was not stage-struck not, at any rate, in the usual acceptation of that expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician.
Isn't it a little affectation on the part of the stage-struck committee? Isn't it inconsequent?" "That depends," I said vaguely, inviting a question. She idled with a book in her lap. "On what?" "On those who go, what costumes are worn, and how much beauty and art appear." "But the trouble! Does it pay? What return does one get?"
The half-deck was set apart for the theatre, and the signal-quarter-master was commanded to loan his flags to decorate it in the most patriotic style. As the stage-struck portion of the crew had frequently during the cruise rehearsed portions of various plays, to while away the tedium of the night-watches, they needed no long time now to perfect themselves in their parts.
Elizabeth had not awakened from her stage-struck condition when the concert was over, and her aunt, with set face, came to straighten her pinafore, smooth her hair, and get her ready for presentation to the ladies from town. Many, many times had Elizabeth pictured this meeting, each time planning with greater elaboration the part she should act.
Winston," her voice growing deeper from increasing earnestness, her eyes more thoughtful, "but I am going to tell you a portion of my life-story in order that you may partially comprehend. This is my first professional engagement; but I was no stage-struck girl when I first applied for the position. Rather, the thought was most repugnant to me.
During the festivities the great centre of attraction for the working population is the "Marco Polo," or "Champ de Mars," an immense plain on the banks of the Neva. Here a huge fair is held, with the usual assortment of stalls, loaded with sweetmeats and similar dainties. Actors from the city theatres are upon the ground, with smaller booths where the stage-struck hero acts the leading part.
"Perhaps you think I'm one of the stage-struck young women?" she said. "Perhaps you're wondering if I can act? Perhaps " "What I'm wondering," interrupted Brent, "is if you know anything about it? Not about acting, but about the practical side of the thing the profession? A pretty stiff proposition, you know."
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