CONSTABLE: A stranger found beneath the entry stairs.
DIRECTOR: Stand him forth and I’ll examine him. To Props: Whence came you, sir?
PROPERTY MAN: From the land of make believe
Where plots abound
Wherein are "wings" and "sets" and "flies"
Surmounted by a grid.
DIRECTOR, to cast: He speaks most familiarly of our craft.
To Props: What came you here to do?
PROPERTY MAN: To help these actors stage their play.
DIRECTOR: Thy working tools?
PROPERTY MAN: A hammer, a saw,
A bit, a brace.
DIRECTOR to Cast: An artisan.
To Props: And cans’t thou show a Union card?
PROPERTY MAN: No Union can claim me, Sire.
Gazooks, I have a Jester’s card. I am universal. shows card.
DIRECTOR: ‘Tis true and can thou give the greeting words?
PROPERTY MAN: Sure, "Mirth is King."
The Billiken Club is f or men who are Masons (Jesters only). noon. … library f or a murder mystery dinner at the “Zombie Cannibal Asylum”