Category: Poetry
Jingles
They started out all bright and gay, The circuit they were going to play; The manager to each man said-- “We’re dated forty weeks ahead; Next week we play at Omaha, With our great play, ‘Escaped from the Law.’”
Chapters
3. ACT III--PATHOS
Everything seems to go wrong; Actors’ shoes are almost gone. Trudging down the track alone, A thousand miles away from home; Counting ties the last we saw Of the company called,...
1. ACT I--COMEDYThey started out all bright and gay, The circuit they were going to play; The manager to each man said-- “We’re dated forty weeks ahead; Next week we play at Omaha, With our gre...
2. ACT II--ROMANCEAt Omaha you hear folks tell, Actors came to a hotel, Hung their lithographs all around, Played to empty seats and jumped the town; Left their trunks all filled with straw, And...