Book 3, Chapter 8: Success—and a Recognition

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌⁠There is a kaleidoscopic character about the events of the ten days or so preceding the opening performance of most musical comedies which would make a sober chronicle of them seem fantastically incredible; and this law of Nature made no exception in the case of The Girl Up-stairs. There were rehearsals which ran so smoothly and swiftly that they'd have done for performances; there were others so