Stoppard's a superb teacher, but he's mainly a showman, a seducer, an intellectual spieler who doesn't dare lose his engaged audience for a moment. |
It seemed no time before the beast was kinder staggerin' around like a drunk man, and the spieler hollerin' for Pa to let go. |
I suppose it's all right if you know him, but to me he looked like a bagman or bike-rider or something in the spieler line. |
The business of the spieler is to look after the wall-flowers. |
Macquarie was a spieler, and any man that ud be his mate ain't much better. |
A good jump at the last made sure of victory and he crossed the line with three and a quarter lengths to spare over Der Spieler. |