▁omitted . ▁Much ▁to ▁Hard y ’ s ▁regret , ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁F anny ▁Robin ’ s ▁coff in ▁by ▁Bath she ba ▁and ▁her ▁reaction ▁to ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁st aged . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁having ▁a ▁coff in ▁on ▁the ▁stage ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁too ▁shock ing . ▁“ Year s ▁later ,” ▁wrote ▁Ev ely n ▁Evans , ▁“ when ▁Hard y ▁attended ▁a ▁performance ▁of ▁Syn ge ’ s ▁R iders ▁to ▁the ▁Sea ▁by ▁the ▁Arts ▁League ▁of ▁Service , ▁and ▁watched ▁d rown ed ▁bodies ▁carried ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁stage , ▁he ▁remarked ▁w ry ly ▁that ▁his ▁one ▁coff in ▁containing ▁F anny ▁Robin ▁and ▁her ▁child ▁could ▁hardly ▁have ▁shock ed ▁the ▁same ▁audience .” ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁some ▁unexpected ▁comedy ▁gold ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁production . ▁Ev ely n ▁Evans ▁describes ▁it ▁thus : ▁“ To ▁make ▁this ▁past oral ▁play ▁true ▁to ▁life , ▁my ▁father ▁engaged ▁a ▁professional ▁sheep - she ar er ▁to ▁she ar ▁sheep ▁on ▁stage ▁during ▁the ▁important ▁she aring ▁scene . ▁Everything ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁as ▁Hard y ▁described ▁it : ▁‘ The ▁lo pping ▁off ▁the ▁tr esses ▁about ▁the ▁e we ’ s ▁head , ▁opening ▁up ▁the ▁neck ▁and ▁col lar , ▁the ▁running ▁of ▁the ▁she ars ▁line ▁after ▁line ▁round ▁her ▁de w lap , ▁th ence ▁about ▁her ▁fl ank ▁and ▁back , ▁and ▁finishing ▁over ▁her ▁tail ▁– ▁the ▁clean , ▁sle