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Excerpt from A Night Off or a Page From Balzac: A Comedy in Four Acts, From Tm German Central Park Combination in a series of their brilliant pero formances, pronounced by press and public the rzeplu: ultra of dramatic representations. (spawn) Graciousldon't that sound splendid? (reads) The management guarantees that each performer in this Matchless Troupe is an ac knowledged Star - the whole forming a galaxy of histrionic constellations. Having recently concluded a brilliant en gagement at the New York Central Park Casino before the wealth and culture of the Metropolis, will appear before the discriminating and intelligent public of this far-famed Uni versity Centre, on Monday evening, March wt, and every evening until further notice. Each performance will be under the personal supervision of the public's most obedient servant, Marcus Brutus Snap, Manager. For particulars, see programmes. No connection with any other combina tion on the road. (speaks) Well! I know this much. While Mrs. Babbitt's away, I'll go to the theatre every night. Catch her letting me out if she was home! (p111: paper on table, L.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.