Excerpt from James Elroy Flecker's Poetic Prose Play "Hassan": Arranged for Production on StageI wish you would pay a little atten tion sir exclaimed a stage manager to a careless actor Well, sir, so I am paying as little as I can was the reply.Someone remarked to Mrs. Siddons that applause was necessary to actors, as it gave them confidence. More, replied the actress it gives us breath.Shakespeare's record as an actor is largely a matter of guesswork. Ther: is reason to believe that he was the original Adam in As You Like It. The only other character which he is certainly known to have performed was the Ghost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.