FINNEGANS WAKE

The Mime

3rd typescript, September 1932, II.1§1 draft level 4

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Every evening at lighting up o'clock sharp and until further (4notice, notice in |shFeenichts Playhousesh|. |sh(Bar and conveniencesº always open.)sh| with With4) serial redistribution of parts and players and daily dubbing of ghosters under the distinguished patronage of Their Elderships the Oldens (4from the four coroners4) of Findrias, Murias, Gorias and Falias. (4Messrs Messoirs the |shCoarb,sh|4) Clive Sollis, Galorius Kettle, Pobiedo (4Lancey, Lancey & and4) Pierre (4Dusort, Dusort. |shWhileº the Caesar-in-Chief looks. On.sh| |shSennetsh|. the The4) mime of Mick, Nick (4& and4) the Maggies, (4Featuring, featuring:4)

glug(4;4) (Mr Seumas MacQuillad(4: |shhearº the riddles between the robot in his dress circular and the gagster in the rogues' gallerysh|4)), the bold bad black boy of the storybooks who has been divorced into the disgrace court by

the floras(4;4) (Girl Scouts from St Bride's Finishing Establishment(4: demandº acidulateds4)), a month's bunch of pretty maidens who while they pick (4at on4) her, form the guard for

izod(4;4) (Miss Butys Pott(4: |shaskº the attendantess for a leafletsh|4)), a bewitching blonde who dimples delightfully and is approached in loveliness only by her grateful sister reflection in a mirror, the (4pearl cloud4) of the opal, who, having jilted Glug, is being fatally fascinated by
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chuff(4;4) (Mr Sean O'Mailey(4: |shseeº the chalk and sanguine pictograph on the safety dropsh|4)), the fine frank fairhaired fellow of the fairy tales, who wrestles with the bold bad black boy, Glug, geminally about caps or something until they (4shadowshow adumbrace4) a pattern of somebody (4elseorother, else or other,4) after which they are both brought home to be soundly soaped, sponged and scrubbed again by

ann(4;4) (Miss Corrie (4Correndo Corriendo: |shbringº the babes,sh| she mistributes mandamus monies 4)), their poor little old mother-in-lieu who is woman of the house to

hump(4;4) (Mr Makeall Gonne(4:º |shread the sayings from |shLaxdaelasagaºsh| in the programmesh| |shabout King Ericus of Schweden and the spirit's whispers in his magical helmetsh|4)), (4Cap a pipe cap-a-pipe4) with watch and topper, the cause of all (4the troubles |shour grievances, the whirl,º the flash and the troublesh|4), who, having partially recovered from a recent impeachment, due to egg everlasting, is engaged in entertaining in his customhouse
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the customers(4;4) (Components of the Afterhours Courses at St Patricius' Academy for Grownup Gentlemen(4: consultº the annuary 4)), a bundle of (4adozen4) representative (4|shlocomotivesh|4) civics (4inn quest of outings4), each of whom is a jactitator, who are sloppily served by

saunderson(4;4) (Mr Knut Oelsvinger(4:º |shimitation of flatfish, torchbearing supperaape, bad halfsovereign, rolly pollsies, Glen of the Downsº,sh| o.s.v.4)), a spoilcurate and butt of

kate(4;4) (Miss Rachel Lea Varian(4: |shsheº tells forkings for baschfellors, under |shpurdahsh| of |shcard palmersh| |shMadam d'Elta,sh| during the pawsessh|4)), kook-and-general.

With battle pictures and the Pageant of History worked up by Messrs Thud and Blunder. (4|shShadows by the film folk. Massesº by the good people.sh| |shPromptings by Elanio Vitale. Longshots, upcloses, outblacks and stagetolets by Hexenschuss, Coachmaher, Incubone and Rocknarrag.sh|4) Dresses tastefully designed by Madame Berthe Delamode. Dances arranged by Harley Quinn and Coldlimbeina. Jests, jokes, (4songs jigs4) and (4music jorums4) for the Wake lent from the properties of (4|shthe late cementedsh|4) Mr (4Timothy T. M.4) Finnegan R.I.P. Lipmasks and hairwigs by Ouida (4Nooike Nooikke4). Limes by Crooker and Toll. (4|shKopay pipe by Kappa Pedersen.sh| |shHoed Pine hat |shwith twentyfour ventholessh| by Morgen.sh|4) The crack (4|sh(That's Cork!º)sh|4) by a (4person in the pit |shsmoker from the godssh|4). (4|shThe interjection (Buckley!º) by the firemenº
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in the pit,sh| |shaccidental music providentially arranged by L'Archetº and Laccorde.sh| |shTo start with in the beginning, we need barely say, a community prayer, everyone for himself, and to conclude with as an exodus, we think it well to add, a chorale in canon, good for us all for us all us all all.sh| |shSongs betune the acts by the ambiamphions of |shAnnapolissh|, Joan MockComicº, male soprano, and Jean Souslevin, bass noble, respectively, O, Mester Sogermonº, ef thes es whot ye deux, then I'mº not surpleasedsh| |shye want that bottle of Sauvequipeuºsh| and Oh Off Nunch Der Rasche Ver Lasse Mitsch Nitschtº.
4) The whole (4whirligig thingamagog4) to be wound up by a Magnificent Transformation Scene showing the Radium Wedding of Night and Morning and the Dawn of PEACE, Pure, Perfect and Perpetual, Waking the Weary of the World.

An argument follows.