"I've
often thought of doing a Biblical play. I'd have it built around
the character of St. Paul. That's one they haven't touched yet,
and it's new. I wouldn't do it with a beard and long hair. I
wouldn't use much makeup. No. Just the face as it is."
"You can do practically anything with a religious show," said
Tinker. "That's been proved. You can run in gambling and horse-
racing and ballys, and you'll get people into the house, night
after night, that think the theatre's wicked and wouldn't go to
see 'Rip Van Winkle.' They do a lot of good, too--religious
shows--just that way."
"I think I'd play it in armour," Potter continued his thought,
still gazing at the ceiling. "I believe it would be a big thing."
"It might if it was touted right," said Tinker. "It all depends
on the touting. If you get it touted to the tank towns that
you've got a play with the great religious gonzabo, then your
show's a big property. Same if you get it touted for a great
educational gonzabo. Or 'artistic.' Get it touted right for
'artistic,' and the tanks'll think they like it, even if they
don't.
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