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large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_02_jerome_64kb
English
1823
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. 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
 five minutes, and says he will cease to write to her when that pale star has fallen from its place amid the firmament of heaven. The result of a long course of acquaintanceship with stage heroes has been, so far as we are concerned, to create a yearning for a new kind of stage hero. What we would like for a change would be a man who wouldn't cackle and brag quite so much, but who was capable of taking care of himself for a day without getting into trouble. THE VILLAIN. He wears a clean collar and smokes a cigarette; that is how we know he is a villain. In real life it is often difficult to tell a villain from an honest man, and this gives rise to mistakes; but on the stage, 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--sometimes. It might be very awkward for our family, especially on Sundays.  THIS IS A LIBERALLOX RECORDING ALL LIBERFOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT W DOT LIBERVOX DOT HAWK THE VILLAIN IN STAGE LAND BY JEROME K JEROME HE WEARS A CLEAN COLLAR AND SMOKES A CIGARETTE THAT IS HOW WE KNOW HE IS A VILLAIN IN REAL LIFE IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL A VILLAIN FROM AN HONEST MAN AND THIS GIVES RISE TO MISTAKES BUT ON THE STAGE 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
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