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English
1823
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. 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
The stage hero never talks in a simple, straightforward way, like a mere ordinary mortal. "You will write to me when you are away, dear, won't you?" says the heroine. A mere human being would reply: "Why, of course I shall, ducky, every day." But the stage hero is a superior creature. He says: "Dost see yonder star, sweet?" She looks up and owns that she does see yonder star; and then off he starts and drivels on about that star for full 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.  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
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