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Xoel Coward, seated in the centre of the dress'circle at a performance of his latest play, set a precedent by openly rebuking those amongst the audience who had left their seat's during .an 'interval and meandered back, to the annoyance and inconvenience of their neighbours, after the curtain had risen nnd the play was proceeding- "Wait, If.abel!" he called to the leading lady, "the audience is not back yet." He ordered the curtain to be dropped, and there was some applause from the virtuous ones who had resumed their seats in time, as the late comers, rather abashed, settled themselves down. "Xowt" came .the vpice from the circle. The curtain went up again and the story continued. ' An excellent object lesson for those who invariably arrive late for a ehow, as well as for those who "ngcr long in the intervals. . '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 12
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