I fought and fought with the directress, a teacher of elocution, who
tried to make me mouth my words in the old style.
She swore that she would get rid of me as Iistral (pronounced Eestral),
if it were not for the fact that it would seriously embarrass her to try
others for the part, the time of production being so near.
Dineen upbraided me for being insubordinate....