HOW A PLAY IS PRODUCED
“don’t you think that we ought to postpone the first night?”
“Mr. Producer, I think I shall wear a green scarf.”
“Mr. Producer, are there supposed to be fish in that there aquarium?”
“Mr. Producer, the theatre will have to pay me for those boots.”
“Mr. Producer, is it absolutely necessary for me to fall down when I faint? I shall make an awful mess of my costume.”
“Mr. Producer, here’s a proof of the advertisements.”
“Mr. Producer, is this material all right for my trousers?”
And the dramatist begins to feel that he is the most superfluous person on earth. Serve him right, anyway! He shouldn’t write plays!
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