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So that may be the origin why professional actors
will not even say the title, because in the old days,
when the actors were touring around with a bundle of Shakespeare
in their repertoire and they heard that the management
were thinking of slipping in a couple of extra performances
of this play, ever popular, it probably meant that
there wasn't enough money in the kitty to pay the actors at the end of the week
will not even say the title, because in the old days,
when the actors were touring around with a bundle of Shakespeare
in their repertoire and they heard that the management
were thinking of slipping in a couple of extra performances
of this play, ever popular, it probably meant that
there wasn't enough money in the kitty to pay the actors at the end of the week
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So that may be the origin
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why professional actors
will not even say the title,
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because in the old days,
when the actors were touring around
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with a bundle of Shakespeare
in their repertoire
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and they heard that the management
were thinking of slipping in
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a couple of extra performances
of this play, ever popular,
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it probably meant that
there wasn't enough money in the kitty
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to pay the actors at the end of the week.
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Movie Summary
A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.