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1、ByheartSomeplaysaresosuccessfulthattheyrunforyearsonend.Inmanyways,thisisunfortunateforthepooractorswhoarerequiredtogoonrepeatingthesamelinesnightafternight.Onewouldexpectthemtoknowtheirpartsbyheartandneverhavecausetofalter.Yetthisisnotalwaysthecase.Afamousactorinahighlysucce
2、ssfulplaywasoncecastintheroleofanaristocratwhohadbeenimprisonedintheBastillefortwentyyears.Inthelastact,agaolerwouldalwayscomeontothestagewithaletterwhichhewouldhandtotheprisoner.Eventhoughthenoblewasexpectedtoreadtheletterateachperformance,healwaysinsistedthatitshouldbewritt
3、enoutinfull.Onenight,thegaolerdecidedtoplayajokeonhiscolleaguetofindoutif,aftersomanyperformances,hehadmanagedtolearnthecontentsoftheletterbyheart.Thecurtainwentuponthefinalactoftheplayandrevealedthearistocratsittingalonebehindbarsinhisdarkcell.Justthen,thegaolerappearedwitht
4、hepreciousletterinhishands.Heenteredthecellandpresentedthelettertothearistocrat.Butthecopyhegavehimhadnotbeenwrittenoutinfullasusual.Itwassimplyablanksheetofpaper.Thegaolerlookedoneagerly,anxioustoseeifhisfellow-actorhadatlastlearnthislines.Thenoblestaredattheblanksheetofpape
5、rforafewseconds.Then,squintinghiseyes,hesaid:'Thelightisdim.Readthelettertome.'Andhepromptlyhandedthesheetofpapertothegaoler.Findingthathecouldnotrememberawordofthelettereither,thegaolerreplied:'Thelightisindeeddim,sire.Imustgetmyglasses.'Withthis,hehurriedoffthestage.Muchtot
6、hearistocrat'samusement,thegaolerreturnedafewmomentslaterwithapairofglassesandtheusualcopyoftheletterwhichheproceededtoreadtotheprisoner.?有些劇目十分成功,以致連續(xù)上演好幾年。這樣一來(lái),可憐的演員們可倒霉了。因?yàn)樗麄冃枰灰惯B著一夜地重復(fù)同樣的臺(tái)詞。人們以為,這些演員一定會(huì)把臺(tái)詞背得爛熟,絕不會(huì)臨場(chǎng)結(jié)巴的,但情況卻并不總是這樣。有一位名演員曾在一出極為成功的劇目中扮演一個(gè)貴族角色,這個(gè)貴族已在巴士底獄被關(guān)押了2
7、0年。在最后一幕中,獄卒手持一封信上場(chǎng),然后將信交給獄中那位貴族。盡管那個(gè)貴族每場(chǎng)戲都得念一遍那封信。但他還是堅(jiān)持要求將信的全文寫(xiě)在信紙上。一天晚上,獄卒決定與他的同事開(kāi)一個(gè)玩笑,看看他反復(fù)演出這么多場(chǎng)之后,是否已將信的內(nèi)容記熟了。大幕拉開(kāi),最后一幕戲開(kāi)演,貴族獨(dú)自一人坐在鐵窗后陰暗的牢房里。這時(shí)獄卒上場(chǎng),手里拿著那封珍貴的信。獄卒走進(jìn)牢房,將信交給貴族。但這回獄卒給貴族的信沒(méi)有像往常那樣把全文寫(xiě)全,而是一張白紙。獄卒熱切地觀(guān)察著,急于想了解他的同事是否記熟了臺(tái)詞。貴族盯著紙看了幾秒鐘,然后,眼珠一轉(zhuǎn),說(shuō)道:“光線(xiàn)太暗,請(qǐng)給我讀一下這封信?!闭f(shuō)完
8、,他一下子把信遞給獄卒。獄卒發(fā)現(xiàn)自己連一個(gè)字也記不住,于是便說(shuō):“陛下,這兒光線(xiàn)的確太暗了,我得去眼鏡拿來(lái)?!彼贿呎f(shuō)著,一邊匆匆下臺(tái)。