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7 November 1894

George Grossmith as George Griffenfeld, Governor of Elsinore

Quixotic is his enterprise, and hopeless his adventure is,   Who seeks for jocularities that haven’t yet been said. The world has joked incessantly for over fifty centuries,   And every joke that’s possible has long ago been made.

Alice Barnett as Dame Hecla Courtlandt and John Le Hay as Mats Munck	Dame Hecla Courtlandt: Within this fragile body two tremendous Powers are in perpetual antagonism — a Diabolical Temper and an Iron Will.
Mats Munck:   "You lean no broken reed upon, O—     In Courts of Law and Venus   (I’ve practiced much in both) I’m always on my oath!	Mats Munck:   If called upon in charity, O —     To justify my visitor,   I’ll quote my popularity, O —     As a family solicitor!

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