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"Experienced professional stage managers, with all the tricks and methods of the theatre at their fingers' ends, find it impossible, out of a body of men and women born and bred in the atmosphere of the playhouse, to construct a crowd that looks like anything else except a nervous group of broken down paupers waiting for soup. EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL STAGE MANAGERS WITH ALL THE TRICKS AND METHODS OF THE THEATRE AT THEIR FINGERS ENDS FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE OUT OF A BODY OF MEN AND WOMEN BORN AND BRED IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE PLAYHOUSE TO CONSTRUCT A CROWD THAT LOOKS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT A NERVOUS GROUP OF BROKEN DOWN PAUPERS WAITING FOR SOUP
 thought. The rude sermon preached in this hillside temple has shown to him, clearer than he could have seen before, the secret wherein lies the strength of Christianity; the reason why, of all the faiths that Nature has taught to her children to help them in their need, to satisfy the hunger of their souls, this faith, born by the Sea of Galilee, has spread the farthest over the world, and struck its note the deepest into human life. Not by his doctrines, not even by his promises, has Christ laid hold upon the hearts of men, but by the story of his life." TUESDAY, THE 27TH--CONTINUED We Discuss the Performance.--A Marvellous Piece of Workmanship.--The Adam Family.--Some Living Groups.--The Chief Performers.--A Good Man, but a Bad Judas.--Where the Histrionic Artist Grows Wild.--An Alarm! "And what do you think of the performance _as_ a performance?" asks B. "Oh, as to that," I reply, "I think what everyone who has seen the play must think, that it is a marvellous piece of workmanship.  CHAPTER TWELVE OF DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE BY JEROME K JEROME THIS LIBERY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY MICHAEL BROOKE TUESDAY THE TWENTY SEVENTH CONTINUED WE DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP THE ADAM FAMILY SOME LIVING GROUPS THE CHIEF PERFORMERS A GOOD MAN BUT A BAD JUDAS WHERE THE HISTRIONIC ARTIST GROWS WILD AN ALARM AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERFORMANCE AS A PERFORMANCE ASKS B OH AS TO THAT I REPLY I THINK WHAT EVERY ONE WHO HAS SEEN THE PLAY MUST THINK THAT IT IS A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP
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