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THEY put on the play ( ), and it was a success (
: ). After that ( ) they continued to
produce plays ( ; to produce
, , , ) year after year (
). Because Michael ran the theatre (- ,
) with the method and thrift ( ) with
which he ran his home ( :
) they lost little over the failures ( -
// ; failure , , ), which of course
they sometimes had (, , ), and made
every possible penny ( :
) out of their successes ( ). Michael flattered
himself ( ; to flatter oneself
, ) that there was not a management in
London ( : ) where less
money was spent on the productions (
: ).
He exercised great ingenuity ( ) in
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disguising old sets ( ; to disguise
, , ) so that they looked new
(, ), and by ringing the changes on the furniture (
; to ring the changes on smth.
, , ) that he
gradually collected in the store-room (
: ) saved the expense of hiring ( //
//).
thrift [TrIft] failure ['feIljq] ingenuity ["IndZI'nju:ItI]
THEY put on the play, and it was a success. After that they continued to
Produce plays year after year. Because Michael ran the theatre with the
Method and thrift with which he ran his home they lost little over the failures,
Which of course they sometimes had, and made every possible penny out of
Their successes. Michael flattered himself that there was not a management in
London where less money was spent on the productions. He exercised great
Ingenuity in disguising old sets so that they looked new, and by ringing the
Changes on the furniture that he gradually collected in the store-room saved
The expense of hiring.
They gained the reputation ( ) of being an enterprising
management ( :
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) because Michael (- , ) in order not to pay (
, ) the high royalties ( // ) of
well-known authors ( ) was always willing (
: ) to give an unknown one a trial (
; to give smb. a trial -,
). He sought out actors ( ; to seek
(sought) out , ) who had never been given a chance (
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/ /) and whose salaries were
small ( : ). He thus made some very
profitable discoveries (
).
When they had been in management for three years (
: ) they were sufficiently well established (
:
) for Michael to be able ( , ) to borrow from
the bank enough money (: ) to buy the
lease of a theatre ( : ) that had just been
built ( ). After much discussion ( :
) they decided to call it the Siddons Theatre (
-). They opened with a failure (
: ) and this was succeeded by
another ( //; to succeed
, , ).
enterprising ['entqpraIzIN] royalty ['rOIqltI] trial ['traIql] lease [li:s]
