இப்பக்கம் மெய்ப்பு பார்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது
சபாபதி
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F. | A German Song! Who the devil is going to sing it. | |
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S. M. | Nobody, you honour- it is omitted by special request. | |
F. | That beats me! Then why mention it? | |
S. M. | It is this way, your honour, I was told that your honour hates every thing German. So out of deference to your honour I specially omitted it. | |
F. | Then, why mention it at all? | |
S. M. | Unless I mentioned it, how is your honour to know, that it has been omitted? your honour sees. | |
F. | Yes! I see. | |
S. M. | Instead of that—I have put in Shakespeare's soliloquy by Hamlet. | |
F. | That is right—I like Shakespeare immensely you know! By the bye, Sabapathy, you must call it Hamlet’s soliloquy by Shakespeare. | |
S. M. | I thought Shakespeare wrote it? | |
F. | Yes, Shakespeare wrote it—for Hamlet. | |
S. M. | Why? Did not Hamlet know to make a soliloquy? | |
F. | Good God! He did nothing but that—but Shakespeare wrote it. | |
S. M. | Probably he was Hamlet's friend, Funny chap this Shakespeare! I see that is the reason why my teacher once told me that we know really so little about this Shakespeare. | |
F. | Now let us have this soliloquy. | |
S. M. | Yes your honour—Now Murugesan, begin—In what ragam does your honour want it sung? | |
F. | Sung! I thought it was going to be recited. | |
S. M. | Yes your honour, but our Indian actors all sing our soliloquies. | |
F. | Well, go on—Any music you please. | |
Muru. | (Sings.)“To be or not to be” etc. (in Thodi ragam) | |
S. M. | How does your honour like it? | |
F. | Well—it is at least a very original idea! |
