1.2 NCE22 By heart

Some plays are so successful that they run/are performed/ for years on end/successively/in a row/continuously. In many ways/aspects/repects, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required/demanded to go on/keep on repeating the same lines/parts.It has been considered that/ One would expect the actors to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter/stumble. Yet this is not always the case/a true situation.

A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of/was once cast as/played the role of/act an aristocrat who had been imprisoned/imcarcerated/locked up/jailed/gaoled in Bastile for twenty years.In the last act, the gaoler come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the noble.Even though the noble was expected to /was supposed to/should read the letter at each performance,he insisted that the letter should be written in full/insisted on its being written in full.

One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleage to find out if, after so many performances, he knew/had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.The curtain went up/rose on the final act and revealed the noble sitting alone/by himself/on his own behind bars in the dark cell.Then the gaoler appeared with the precious letter.The gaoler entered the cell and presented the noble with the letter.But the copy he gave him was not written out in full as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper.The gaoler looked on/stood by, anxious to see if his fellow actor had learned the letter.The aristocrat stared at/peered about the letter for several seconds.Then,squinting his eyes,he said:' The light is dim,read the letter to me'.Then he promptly passed it to the gaoler.Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter,either/Find that neither could he remember a word of the letter,he replied:'The light is indeed dim,sire,I must get my glasses'.With this,he hurried off the stage.Much to the aristocrat's amusement,the gaoler returned with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of letter which he proceeded to/go on to read to the prisoner.

2.Composition:

Seveal months ago,a new play called 'The world tomorrow' would be performed in our local theater.At that time,the advertisements run wild for spreading/advertising/disseminating how good the play was.Because the play was highly advertised, the public took considerable interest in it.One would expect that famous actors were cast in the leading roles.

On the first night, a crowded of people gathered/collected around the theater looking forward to a good show.However, the play was not so good as it had been mentioned before.After all, the more expectation,the more dissapointment. The people was supposed to be funny but nobody laughted or even there was a little embarrassment/discomfiture. Many people walked out,leaving some bad reviews.

The play still ran for six weeks .At the last performance, there was a small audience, and the actors struggled through to the end.When the last line was spken:'Our six short weeks have hastened/hurried to their end' the audience saw the funny side of it and laughed.Even the actors and actresses laughed.

3.proverb:

He laughs best, who laughs last.    Speech is silver,but silence is golden.