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Title: A Pirate of Parts

Author: Richard Neville

Release Date: September 14, 2008 [EBook #26612]

Language: English

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_A Pirate of Parts_

_By RICHARD NEVILLE_

_"One man in his time plays many parts."_
--SHAKESPEARE

NEW YORK
The Neale Publishing Company
1913

Copyright, 1913, by
The Neale Publishing Company
_All rights reserved_

[Illustration: (signature) Yours Sincerly Richard Neville]

_"All the worlds' a stage
And all the men and women merely players"_

To my sister, Mrs. Mary Hughes, who for years has been associated with
several of the most notable presentations on the American stage and with
many of the most prominent and talented of American players, both male
and female.

_"BILL OF THE PLAY"_

I.--Is all our company here?--_Shakespeare_

II.--What stories I'll tell when my sojerin' is o'er.--_Lever_

III.--Come all ye warmheart'd countrymen I pray you will draw
near.--_Old Ballad_

IV.--Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of
ground.--_Shakespeare_

V.--I would rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.--_John
Boyle O'Reilly_

VI.--What strange things we see and what queer things we
do.--_Modern Song_

VII.--He employs his fancy in his narrative and keep his
Recollections for his wit.--_Richard Brindsley Sheridan_

VIII.--Every one shall offer according to what he hath.--_Deut._

IX.--One man in his time plays many parts.--_Shakespeare_

X.--Originality is nothing more than judicious
imitation.--_Voltaire_

XI.--All places that the eye of heaven visits