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large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_02_jerome_64kb
English
1823
A few years ago the villain used to be blessed with a hopeful and philosophical temperament, which enabled him to bear up under these constantly recurring disappointments and reverses. A FEW YEARS AGO THE VILLAIN USED TO BE BLESSED WITH A HOPEFUL AND PHILOSOPHICAL TEMPERAMENT WHICH ENABLED HIM TO BEAR UP UNDER THESE CONSTANTLY RECURRING DISAPPOINTMENTS AND REVERSES
 wear clean collars and smoke cigarettes, and thus all fear of blunder is avoided. It is well that the rule does not hold off the stage, or good men might be misjudged. We ourselves, for instance, wear a clean collar--sometimes. It might be very awkward for our family, especially on Sundays. He has no power of repartee, has the stage villain. All the good people in the play say rude and insulting things to him, and smack at him, and score off him all through the act, but he can never answer them back--can never think of anything clever to say in return. "Ha! ha! wait till Monday week," is the most brilliant retort that he can make, and he has to get into a corner by himself to think of even that. The stage villain's career is always very easy and prosperous up to within a minute of the end of each act. Then he gets suddenly let in, generally by the comic man. It always happens so. Yet the villain is always intensely surprised each time. He never seems to learn anything from experience. AGE AS WE HAVE SAID VILLAINS WEAR CLEAN COLLARS AND SMOKE CIGARETTES AND THUS ALL FEAR OF BLUNDER IS AVOIDED IT IS WELL THAT THE RULE DOES NOT HOLD OFF THE STAGE OR GOOD MEN MIGHT BE MISJUDGED WE OURSELVES FOR INSTANCE WEAR A CLEAN COLLAR SOMETIM IT MIGHT BE VERY AWKWARD FOR OUR FAMILY ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAYS HE HAS NO POWER OF REPARTEE AS THE STAGE VILLAIN ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE IN THE PLACE SAY RUDE AND INSULTING THINGS TO HIM AND SMACK AT HIM AND SCORE OFF HIM ALL THROUGH THE ACT BUT HE CAN NEVER ANSWER THEM BACK CAN EVER THINK OF ANYTHING CLEVER TO SAY IN RETURN HA HA WAIT TILL MONDAY WEEK IS THE MOST BRILLIANT RETORT THAT HE CAN EVER MAKE AND HE HAS TO GET INTO A CORNER ALL BY HIMSELF TO THINK OF THAT THE STAGE VILLAIN'S CAREER IS ALWAYS VERY EASY AND PROSPEROUS UP TO WITHIN A MINUTE OF THE END OF EACH ACT THEN HE GETS SUDDENLY LET IN GENERALLY BY THE COMING MAN IT ALWAYS HAPPENS SO YET THE VILLAIN IS ALWAYS INTENSELY SURPRISED EACH TIME HE NEVER SEEMS TO LEARN ANYTHING FROM EXPERIENCE
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