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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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formance too closely upon the old English
version. In the end I sacrificed Pretty
Poll on the ground of questionable char-
acter, and Scaramouch, The Courtier, The
Blind Man and Toby, because I did not
have them. Notwithstanding this curtail-
ment of the dramatis personae I found it
quite enough of a play, and quite enough
of strenuous activity inside the temple
to compass, within half an hours time, the
forcible dismissal or absolute annihilation
of every member of the cast save the hero
himself.
the operator appeared, Pollock expostu-
lated with the fellow at this violation of
most sacred tradition. " I know it, sur,"
responded the showman, dejectedly, " I
ates to do it and it adn't ought to be done,
but ye see, I caw'nt 'elp it, sur, it's all
along o' these meddlin' curates, sur.'
Though the present writer has yet to
suffer at the hands of the meddlin cur-
ates, he has, in deference to delicate sug-
gestion and with inward regret, presente
dat church fairs and kindred functions an
expurgated edition of the play wherein
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The execution of Jack Ketch.

The ideal make-up of the cast, in my
opinion, includes the seven puppets men-
tioned, together with the Darkey, the
Clown and the Ghost. By no means sacri-
fice the Devil to outside opinion; his over-
throw quite puts the finishing touch upon
the production. In this connection Pol-
lock tells the following amusing story.
Pausing in the course of his wanderings to
watch the efforts of a puppet-showman, in
a rural English town, he was horrified to
see a vile caricature of an alligator take
the place of the enemy of mankind in
the closing scenes. Lingering about until
the puppet Devil, rechristened as the
Bogey-man, has filled the role of, his horned
relative and received the same effectual
treatment.
Perhaps the opportunity for individual
superiority in giving Punch and Judy a
telling production lies nowhere more
forcibly than in the simulation of the
various voices of the actors. Lively mo-
tion, intelligible gestures, and humorous
antics in general must, of course, be im-
parted the figures, but the atmos-

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