"Mawworm" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a spouting vagabond, "it is so, old Mawworm, and you had better go to bed. You know you have your part to ...
— Sinks of London Laid Open • Unknown
... plea, when charged with adding to some famous part, that he has only been true to the traditions of previous performers. One of the most notable instances of established gag is the burlesque sermon introduced by Mawworm, in the last scene of "The Hypocrite." This was originated by Mathews, who first undertook the part at the Lyceum in 1809, and who designed a caricature of an extravagant preacher of the Whitfield school, known ...
— A Book of the Play - Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character • Dutton Cook |
