The average modern play calls in the first act for all our faith, in the
second for all our hope, and in the last for all our charity.--_Eugene
Walter_.
The young man in the third row of seats looked bored. He wasn't having a
good time. He cared nothing for the Shakespearean drama.
"What's the greatest play you ever saw?" the young woman asked,
observing his abstraction.
Instantly he brightened.
"Tinker touching a man out between second and third and getting the ball
over to Chance in time to nab the runner to first!" he said.
LARRY--"I like Professor Whatishisname in Shakespeare. He brings things
home to you that you never saw before."