A number of the settlers having preferred a request to that effect, the whole of the “play actors” of Emu Plains received permission to go with all their paraphernalia1 to perform a play at a distant part of the Nepean settlement.
Proud was the manager, great was the bustling2 importance of the Company, and by the first light of the day appointed, the “scenery, machinery3, dresses and decorations” of the Emu Theatre having been transferred to a settler’s dray, all were en route to the scene of action — a large barn belonging to the keeper of a very small inn, who had kindly5 lent the edifice6 for this purpose; of course, solely7 for the amusement of his neighbours, without the slightest expectation of prospective8 advantage to himself. Notwithstanding his disinterested9 feelings, however, after the corps10 dramatique had been hard at work for a couple of hours, Boniface, rubbing his hands, came in to the quondam theatre and expressed his admiration11 in glowing terms of all that he saw, winding12 up a most flowery speech by enquiring13 whether it was not a dry job, at the same time hinting obliquely14 at the excellent qualities of a beverage15 composed of good rum and peach cider, of both which his stock was immense, adding that as no doubt the performance would amply remunerate the Company, he would not object to supplying the members thereof with refreshment16 for the day on credit, always providing his account should be liquidated17 as soon as the play was over.
These terms having been joyfully18 acceded20 to by, the thirsty Thespians21, a sample of the much-vaunted drink was obtained, and although it was not quite equal to nectar — as the cider was something of the sharpest, and the rum rather peppery — yet to men from Emu Plains it appeared very superior. About noon, too, a servant came, who in the name of her master, the inn keeper enquired22 if any of the players wanted dinner. Accordingly, all adjourned23 to the kitchen, where salt beef and pork, abundance of greens, and the unvarying damper awaited their appetites. This sumptuous24 feast was duly crowned by libations, though sooth to say, the tender care of their host prevented their getting drunk, because the rum, though very pungent25 and very hot, was also very weak, being, in nautical26 phrase, only equal to three-water grog, and thus did not disturb the acting27 powers of even the most weak-headed among the theatricals29.
The performances of the evening having closed amid rapturous applause, a good jollification was resolved on. But alas30, as Burns has sung,
The best-laid schemes o’ mice and men
Gang aft agley.
All unforeseen difficulty arose; the innkeeper insisted on payment of his bill before any fresh supplies were afforded. On examination of this ingenious document, it appeared each performer owed him one pound two shillings and sixpence for drink, dinner and supper, both of these repasts being charged at three shillings per head, and the remainder made up of pints31 of rum, gallons of cider, and ditto, ditto . . . almost without end. Now, as is customary in such cases, the debtors32 could not by any process be brought to believe that they had actually obtained even half the liquor charged against them, and the obdurate33 creditor34 vowed35 most solemnly that he had served the whole of it himself. To add to the mischief36, it was found on investigation37, that after paying a few trifling38 claims for nails and other minor39 incidental expenses, the receipts would but admit of a dividend40 of thirty shillings to each principal player in the Company and the stipulated41 wages of the supernumeraries — scene-shifters and others.
Indeed, as each man’s share of the bill was alike, the Company actually owed more than their gross receipts; but on this being explained, the landlord at length agreed to take what the lower rate of performers obtained in full from them, if the others would cash up the amount of his claim on each of these. Further, he said he thought himself and the chief constable42 might persuade their superintendent43 to let the Company remain where they were and play again one more night; which he kindly volunteered to do, and in the mean time — always after a settlement — would let the Thespians go on again with a fresh score, on the faith of their next night’s receipts.
This arrangement being at once acceded to, the disinterested landlord received instantly by far the greater portion of the collection made by the theatrical28 treasurer44, and then the Company began again to enjoy themselves, free from the dreadful thoughts of the reckoning, which was thus procrastinated45 twenty-four hours, at any rate. The next morning, betimes, Manager King called a council of his trusty coadjutors and opened to them a most brilliant device of his own composition, by which he doubted not to astonish the natives in general, and none more so than their kind confiding46 host in particular, who had been so fluent of his beverage and so cunning with his chalk; this notable plan was to be put into execution at the close of the evening’s amusement and was rapturously acceded to by his fellow-convicts, who deemed it would form a most appropriate finale to the amusements of the night.
They now partook of breakfast; and after a couple of glasses of grog by way of stimulus47 to repair the ravages48 made by their last night’s jollificationtion in the sensorium of each, the most eloquent49 of the performers were dispatched in small parties to make a circuit of the settlers dwelling50 near, exhibiting in each house a play-bill, to compose which Rashleigh had exhausted51 nearly all his powers of persuasive52 oratory53, in setting forth54 the magnitude of that night’s attractions at their temporary theatre, enumerating55 the various points of allurement56 quite as grandiloquently57 as a London manager of a minor theatre, and winding up with the awful annunciation that it was most positively58 their last exhibition at that place. The ambassadors were also commissioned to explain to the expected guests such reasons good as compelled them to believe the last assertion, namely, that the passes of the histrionic heroes would expire that day.
Rashleigh, backed by a new and youthful recruit, whose beardless face well suited the female parts he sustained, made his rounds, meeting with many promises of attendance and much rude hospitality from all the small settlers round about. This was a period of most universal merriment, indeed, a sort of prescriptive saturnalia in society of that sort every year, but doubly so upon this occasion, when the agriculturists, for the first time in seven years, were blessed with overflowing59 garners60 teeming61 with grain. In every hut, therefore, was then to be found a keg, filled, not with choice Jamaica, but with its fiery62 prototype from Bengal; and mirth and revelry was the order of both day and night.
Evening drew nigh as they returned to their companions, when the manager announced to our adventurer that all was prepared for the successful dénouement of the preconcerted plot to form the finale of the night; and after each had partaken of a refreshment, it was time to dress for the play.
An early hour had been fixed64 upon for commencing, because, it being Saturday night, they wished the whole bill of fare, which was rather a long one, should be gone through before midnight. The barn — beg pardon, theatre — was crammed65 to over-flowing; many, who would not be turned away, were accommodated on the roof; and each new point elicited66 rapturous bursts of applause. But as soon as every thing was done with, either of the scenery or of the valuable properties, it was slyly and noiselessly withdrawn67 through an opening, which had been clandestinely68 contrived69 in the slabs70 of the barn; and at last, when the drop-scene fell, Manager King was the only performer left in the house. All the others had followed their paraphernalia, which, as it was removed, had been placed in a dray hired for the purpose, and kept concealed71 at a short distance, among some swamp oaks in a dell by the riverside, where the whole party now waited with impatience73 the arrival of their manager.
That eloquent personage, among whose other attributes was a most fluent “gift of the gab”, and who was not at all annoyed at any opportunity of exhibiting his oratory, amused the audience fully19 a quarter of an hour by his facetious74 farewells, returning thanks for the distinguished75 honour of their patronage76, etc. Finally, perceiving a movement towards the door on the part of some impatient persons who wished to be at home, Manager King, amid a profusion77 of bows that would have done honour to a dancingmaster, each too, in accordance with approved theatrical taste, much lower than its predecessor78, himself at length withdrew through the aperture79 before mentioned, carefully closing it after him, and leaving to the landlord, in liquidation80 of his claim, the drop-scene — which, by the by, was so foully81 abused by its antiquity82 that it had long been laid aside as condemned83, even at the Emu Theatre — and about a dozen rough, battered84 tin sconces, with the ends of candle they contained. These were all the available assets they resigned to their creditor in satisfaction of his demand for the previous night’s festivity, their meals that day, and an awful accumulation of lush supplied these runagates by their too confiding host during the last twentyfour hours.
Boniface, who was himself in the theatre at the close of the performance, had vigilantly85 assisted the money-taker at the door, kindly volunteering his services, not only to prevent any from evaporating without payment, but also, by jocular railleries and reproofs86 of their stinginess, to stimulate87 those who did offer cash to exert unwonted liberality. After all the auditory had departed, the landlord remained near the orchestra, in patient expectation of the advent63 of the performers from behind the scenes. As there was no other outlet88 from thence — that he knew of — he made himself certain they must pass by him before they could leave the scene of their histrionic display, and probably the worthy89 Knight90 of the Spiggot consoled himself by casting up the “tottle of the whole”, as Mr Hume would say, and jingling91 imaginary coins in his breeches pockets, to be derived92 from the proceeds of the theatrical treasurer, whose harvest he was certain, from ocular demonstration93, must have been a pretty productive one.
At length, however, finding the actors did not make their appearance, and hearing no sound emanate94 from their supposed retreat, the profound stillness of the whole theatre forming, too, a complete contrast to the merry shouts of jolly Bacchanalians whom he could hear noisily revelling95 away at his own house — which incident also demanded his early attention, in order that he might assist in the operations of his trusty coadjutors of the rum-keg — the landlord clambered over the rails which divided the orchestra from the pit, climbed upon the temporary stage, lifted the ragged96 curtain, and, after an awful pause, plucked up heart of grace and boldly entered the sanctum sanctorum of the sons of Thespis.
Here the bewildered Boniface could scarcely credit the evidence of his eyes. By the almost expiring rays of a single morsel97 of candle end, he could see neither scenery nor actors, and what puzzled him more, he could by no means conceive how they had contrived to get out, as there was then no opening whatever visible; and he at last well-nigh decided98 in his mind that they must be conjurors as well as comedians99. Brimful of wrath100, he hastened to his home to institute enquiries, which, it is almost needless to add, proved all in vain. Not one of the many persons there knew which way the fugitives101 had fled, and the advanced hour, with the darkness of the night, rendered pursuit at that moment hopeless. Vowing102 bitter vengeance103 against these delinquents104, whom he stigmatised as monsters of most odious105 ingratitude106, the irate107 man of reckonings was reluctantly compelled to bottle up his anger as well as he could for the present and defer108 until daylight any ulterior measures.
In the mean time, Manager King and his hopeful squad109 had pursued their journey merrily, keeping down in a grassy110 valley, where the turf offered no noisy impediments to their progress, until they reached one of the many rapids, or falls, in that part of the Nepean, which are often crossed by such wayfarers111 as eschew112 the payment of puntage. Here they waded113 the stream, and having gone but a little distance along the opposite bank, called a halt in a little sunken spot that promised to prevent their fire from attracting the attention of any wanderers. There they kindled114 a blazing flame and began to busy themselves in preparing a feed, the basis of which, I regret to record, had been procured115 from the victimised host under the pretence116 of a stage supper necessary in the course of their night’s performance, but which — with near two gallons of his much extolled117 beverage that they had secreted118 and brought with them to do honour to the occasion — had not been paid for as yet; and indeed, to say truth, if the wills of those about to consume it were to be consulted, the payment for the whole was like enough to be procrastinated ad graecas kalendas.
Here hilarity119 prevailed to an unusual extent, the staple120 fun with which their jokes were seasoned being all levelled at the luckless landlord; and many most witty121 conjectures122 were hazarded as to the length, breadth and depth of the astonishment123 which that worthy and liberal soul would exhibit upon making the disagreeable discovery that he had been so deeply done. The performers did not drink much, however, as they conjectured124 that mine host would make his complaint to their commandant, and they wished to appear before that awful officer in full possession of all their powers of reason.
About sunrise they arrived at home, and having unloaded their valuable effects, each man prepared himself as best he might for the approaching interview. Manager King — who in this, as in all things else, took the lead — promising125 to stand spokesman on the occasion. About seven o’clock the landlord made his appearance, accompanied by the chief constable, who, however, could scarcely conceal72 his merriment at the lugubrious126 tale, told with such unwonted energy, by the suffering subject of the “pla’actors’” peculations.
The landlord made his entrée to the theatre, where he discovered Manager King, dressed in his full suit of Sunday slops, lying apparently127 asleep in his berth128. And that worthy certainly performed the part of one just awakened129, to a miracle; for when the visitor enquired what he meant by running away without paying the debt incurred130 by the Company, jemmy King yawned heavily once or twice, then affected131 great anger at being so unceremoniously aroused, and at length gave the complainant very deliberately132 to understand that he, for one, thought the players had already paid dear enough for all that they had received from him; and further, if the landlord expected any more money from them, why, he must get it the best way he could.
On this the other burst out into indignant exclamations133 against such excessive ingratitude, saying, however, that he expected no less; and at last he started off to lay his lamentation134 before the superintendent, from whom he confidently expected both redress135 and sympathy. In a few moments a summons arrived for all the corps dramatique to attend that awe-inspiring official, and being quickly arranged in his sight, he demanded what they had to say for themselves in reply to this charge of fraud.
King, after apologizing for occupying the time of his superior, told all the history of the first day’s proceedings136, laying particular emphasis upon the overcharges made by the landlord, as they appeared on the first bill, winding up his oration4 by a reference to the second account, and appealing to the superintendent whether he thought it at all possible the men then present, who, it was perfectly137 evident, were unaccustomed to the use of any intoxicating138 drinks, could have consumed the quantities of spirits charged against them in the space of about thirty-six hours, and still preserve their sobriety, so as to enable them to play both the nights, some of them sustaining three different parts on each — which, he submitted, it would have been quite impossible for them to do if they had even drunk half the liquor the landlord now sought to make them pay for.
The great man seemed rather struck with this defence, and on examining both bills, could not but admit the accuracy of King’s argument. Then, observing that the meals had been charged at three shillings each person, he asked of what viands139 they consisted; and the homely140 qualities of the several repasts being asserted by King and admitted by mine host, the superintendent told the latter he could not help thinking that part of the charge too dear by half; and as for the rest of his claim, he (the superintendent) could not believe the men had drunk all the grog stated, because each person’s share would in his opinion make, and keep, any ordinary individual drunk at least for a week, and yet those who the landlord stated had consumed it all in a day and a half now stood before them, apparently as sober as if they had never tasted anything stronger than water.
“At the same time,” concluded the chief, “if you request it, I will order the whole of them to be brought before the bench of magistrates141, to answer any charge you may think fit to prefer against them. But I’d recommend you to remember that there is an Act of Council in force, imposing142 a fine of five dollars for each offence in serving a convict with spirits; so that, perhaps, you might lose more by taking them to Court than you would clear by making them pay, even if you gained your case, which seems rather doubtful.”
In brief, after all, the landlord was compelled to give the business up for a bad job, and console himself by reflecting that what with his first overcharge, and what the audience assembled through means of the performance had expended143 at his house, he was in the whole a gainer, instead of a loser, by the brothers of the buskin; though he often vowed he never had been so “willainously wictimised” before in all his life.
This was the last occurrence of any note in Rashleigh’s time at Emu Plains; for the two years having now expired to which his stay was limited at first, he was one morning kept back from work, and informed that he had been assigned to the service of one Mr Arlack of Bunbury Curran, since called Airds, and having received directions for his journey, and a pass for his protection, he departed after taking a friendly farewell of his quondam companions belonging to the play-house hut at Emu Plains.
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