ten in the morning
It would be fine , it would be splendid , to see her overriding all obstacles in her bounteous gift of the treasure that was in her to a world that in its worship of self-help and material power had forgotten youth , courage , and the supreme power of joy . As the days went by and the production came nearer , the Imperium was charged with a busy excitement . The machinery was tightened up , and there was no sparing any of the persons concerned . Rehearsals began at ten in the morning , and dragged on through the day , sometimes not ending until eleven or twelve at night . Sir Henry had a thousand and one things to do , and was in something of a panic about his own words . He would stop in the middle of a lighting rehearsal to remember his part and would turn to a scene-shifter or a lime-light man , anybody who happened to be by , to ask if that was right , and when they stared at him he would lose his temper and say , -- ` Shakespeare ! It 's Shakespeare !