A Pirate of Parts
By RICHARD NEVILLE
NEW YORK
The Neale Publishing Company
1913
All rights reserved
And all the men and women merely players"
To my sister, Mrs. Mary Hughes, who for years has been associated withseveral of the most notable presentations on the American stage and withmany of the most prominent and talented of American players, both maleand female.
"BILL OF THE PLAY"
I.—Is all our company here?—Shakespeare
II.—What stories I'll tell when my sojerin' is o'er.—Lever
III.—Come all ye warmheart'd countrymen I pray you will drawnear.—Old Ballad
IV.—Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre ofground.—Shakespeare
V.—I would rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.—John BoyleO'Reilly
VI.—What strange things we see and what queer things we do.—ModernSong
VII.—He employs his fancy in his narrative and keep his recollectionsfor his wit.—Richard Brindsley Sheridan
VIII.—Every one shall offer according to what he hath.—Deut.
IX.—One man in his time plays many parts.—Shakespeare
X.—Originality is nothing more than judicious imitation.—Voltaire
XI.—All places that the eye of heaven visits are happyhavens.—Shakespeare
XII.—There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio.—Shakespeare
XIII.—Life is mostly froth and bubble.—The Hill
XIV.—Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time.—Shakespeare
XV.—Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughestday.—Shakespeare
XVI.—A new way to pay old debts.
XVII.—The actors are at hand.—Shakespeare
XVIII.—Twinkle, twinkle little star.—Nursery Rhymes
XIX.—Experience is a great teacher—the events of life itschapters.—Sainte Beuve
XX.—I am not an imposter that proclaim myself against the level of myaim.—Shakespeare
XXI.—I'll view the town, peruse the traders, gaze upon thebuildings.—Shakespeare
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