(_He-he-he-he-he_) A ghost!
He really has.
SIR WEBLEY: What! Not on the stage?
TRUNDLEBEN: Yes, on the stage!
NEEKS: Well, well, well.
SIR WEBLEY: But that's absurd.
TRUNDLEBEN: I met Mr. Vass the other day--it was his four hundredth
presentation of "The Nighty"--and I told him about it. He said that
bringing a ghost on the stage was, of course--er--ludicrous.
SIR WEBLEY: What else does he say he's done?
TRUNDLEBEN: Er--er--there's an absurdly long list--er--"Macbeth."
SIR WEBLEY: "Macbeth." That's Irish.
NEEKS: Ah, yes. Abbey Theatre style of thing.
TRUNDLEBEN: I think I heard he offered it them. But of course----
SIR WEBLEY: No, quite so.
TRUNDLEBEN: I gathered it was all rather a--rather a sordid story.
SIR WEBLEY (_solemnly_): Ah!
[NEEKS[5] _with equal solemnity wags his head._
TRUNDLEBEN (_focussing his list again_): Here's a very funny one. This
is funnier than "Hamlet." "The Tempest." And the stage directions are
"The sea, with a ship."
SIR WEBLEY (_laughs_): Oh, that's lovely! That's really too good. The
sea with a ship! And what's it all about?
TRUNDLEBEN: Well, I rather gathered that it was about a magician, and
he--he makes a storm.
SIR WEBLEY: He makes a storm. Splendid! On the stage, I suppose.
TRUNDLEBEN: Oh yes, on the stage.
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