The Supers
WHEN the author introduces into his play the “People,” or the “Folk,” or a “Mob,” he generally imagines a great mass of individuals old and young, stout, broad-shouldered beings with big chests, thick necks, and powerful voices as the “People,” the “Folk,” or a “Mob” are usually supposed to be. But he is visibly disappointed when he sees on the stage a small handful of narrow-chested, more or less lean worms, with thin piping voices, who do not by any manner of means represent the real “proletariat” either in weight or substance. As a matter of fact they are poor students engaged at sixpence per night: and for sixpence one can hardly expect the poor beggars to be strong, broad-shouldered and sunburnt!
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