A CATALOGUE OF THEATRE PESTS.
Quite recently in an American city an impressario stated that high-class performances were too frequently ruined by the social chatter of uninterested women in the audience, the senseless encoring of commonplace items, and a desire on the. part of several patrons to air their knowledge of the private affairs of the performers. This led to a crusade against theatre “ annoyance,” in which the following were listed: 1. Those who “saw the original company in New York ” and persist in making comparisons. 2. Those who have a friend who is a friend of somebody in the cast, and persist in talking about it. 3. Those who hum the orchestral tunes under their breath. 4. Those who guess the plot and tell about it. 5. Programme rustlers. 6. Those who read movie titles out loud. 7. Those who have “read the book ” and point out all variations. 8. Those who: (a) Ask “what was that he said?” (b) Those who answer the question 9. Those who repeat the last lines of jokes as a prologue to their hearty guffaws. 10. Those who hold social converse in general.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17865, 5 June 1926, Page 20 (Supplement)
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