Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Mizter T wrote:

out-of-work thespian


The term is, i believe, 'resting'!

tom

And the collective noun for such people is "a wittering of thespians".
One of the "duckies" in our local amateur drama group, when I coined
that expression in our local pub, got really, really upset. Oh, my dear,
pursed his lips, he did, and went so limp wristed that he almost spilt
his half-pint of Old Cobblers, oh, if looks could kill!

Ricardo

;-)