On the Stage--and Off: The Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor

CHAPTER V. A Rehearsal.

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HURRIEDLY unfolded the paper, to see what kind of a part I had got. I was anxious to begin studying it immediately. I had to form my conception of the character, learn the words and business, and get up gesture and expression all in one week. No time was therefore to be lost. I give the part in extenso:

JOE JUNKS.