Had they had the courage to do this, and to change the title, no one would even have known.

On the other hand, it was a sin of commission to allow that Professor Henry Morley was responsible for the stage management; Mr.Morley being a man of letters whom some worthy people respect.

But perhaps sins of omission and commission counterbalance.

The audience was put in a bad humor before the performance began, owing to the curtain's rising fifteen minutes late.
However, once the curtain did rise, it was an unconscionable time in falling.

What is known as the "business" of the first act, including the caterwauling of Sir Benjamin Backbite and Crabtree in their revolutions round Joseph, was gone through with a deliberation that was cruelty to the audience, and just when the act seemed over at last these indefatigable amateurs began to dance a minuet.