Excerpt from Lord Cammarleigh's Secret: A Fairy Story of to-Day Idleness and vanity were the incentives that had driven Anthony Brooke into the theatrical proies sion. Indeed, were it not for the idle and the vain the demand for actors would largely exceed the supply. The serious, who think they can act, reckon up the chances and wisely prefer a season ticket to the City. The idle and the vain see their chance and take it. Thus, between the two, acting as an art comes to the ground. If their vanity be attered by success the idle become a little less idle, and condescend to learn a few words by heart, which they call studying their parts. They make an elaborate pretence of having considered the characterisation, because pretence can be made at all times, and requires little assiduity or concentration. Now and then some of them are galvanised into serious work, but such cases are rare.

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