Well, as a matter of fact, I once played the lead in Romeo and Juliet.

That's a nest, a roost, and a den and a hutch all in one.

An actor always gives a better performance in front of a full house.

In my youth, I was considered quite a... quite a leading man type.

In fact, they think we should go on a concert tour.

I mean, I used to sing a lot myself in college musicals, amateur theatricals.

Well, in all sincerity, Mr. Hampett, your cousin Pearl is a very remarkable woman.

I reckon she'll sneak out of town in a hurry if she ain't already snuck.

Mr. Brewster, if you was to go in there now and propose in front of Elverna, you could save yourself a trip to the theater.

I want to head down to the theater to get a fire going in the stool.

She's gonna feed him into a stupor, then set him in the parlor and sing to him until he proposes.

Mr. Brewster, in order to save my cousin Pearl from shame, I'm gonna ask you to do me a big favor.

Well, just so that, uh... When Pearl Bodine turns down my impassioned proposal of marriage, there won't be a dry eye in the house.