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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Great Expectations: Stage Two, Chapters 31 - 39

Chapter Thirty-one

The performance of Hamlet, with Mr. Wopsle in the title role, is a dismal
affair. Whenever the undecided Hamlet asks a question, the audience is ready
with answers and with laughter. The loudest laugh comes at Hamlet's death;
forcing Pip and Herbert to give up in their attempts to applaud. Both feel
sorry for Wopsle, laugh in spite of themselves, and try to escape at the end
of the performance. However, they are met at the exit by Mr. Wopsle's
attendant who conducts them to him. It ...

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